Midnight blue

#272a68

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for midnight blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Midnight blue sits in the blue band, deep and soft. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #272a68, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#272a68

RGB39, 42, 104

HSL237, 45%, 28%

HSV237, 63%, 41%

CMYK63%, 60%, 0%, 59%

Lab20.39, 19.41, -36.92

XYZ4.16, 3.09, 13.47

Decimal2566760

Web safe#333366

Pantone2758 C

Shades of midnight blue

#242760 #212358 #1e204f #1b1d47 #18193f #151637 #12132f #0e1027 #0b0c1e #080916

Tints of midnight blue

#313481 #3a3f9b #4449b4 #5a5ec1 #7377cb #8c90d4 #a6a8de #bfc1e7 #d9daf1 #f2f2fa

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#686527 Analogous#274a68 Analogous#452768 Triadic#68272a Triadic#2a6827 Split complementary#684527 Split complementary#4b6827

Midnight blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 62, 60, 0, 59.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #272a68 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

63 60 0 59

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

62 59 4 65

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Midnight blue in css

Copy #272a68 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #272a68; }
.text { color: #272a68; }
.border { border: 2px solid #272a68; }

How midnight blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Midnight blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #272a68 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #272a68 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Midnight blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #272a68 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around midnight blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn midnight blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #272a68 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from midnight blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #272a68 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.