Midnight blue

#282c8e

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

This is Midnight blue, a strong blue at 238 degrees. 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 #282c8e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#282c8e

RGB40, 44, 142

HSL238, 56%, 36%

HSV238, 72%, 56%

CMYK72%, 69%, 0%, 44%

Lab24.34, 32.24, -54.61

XYZ6.66, 4.21, 26.05

Decimal2632846

Web safe#333399

Pantone661 C

Shades of midnight blue

#252882 #212576 #1e216b #1b1d5f #171a53 #141647 #11123b #0d0f2f #0a0b24 #070718

Tints of midnight blue

#2f33a6 #363bbe #484dcb #6064d2 #787cd9 #9093e0 #a8abe7 #c1c2ed #d9daf4 #f1f1fb

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#8e8a28 Analogous#285f8e Analogous#57288e Triadic#8e282c Triadic#2c8e28 Split complementary#8e5728 Split complementary#5f8e28

Midnight blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 72, 69, 0, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #282c8e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

72 69 0 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

70 67 4 50

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 #282c8e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #282c8e; }
.text { color: #282c8e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #282c8e; }

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 #282c8e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #282c8e 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 #282c8e 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 #282c8e 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

Here is how the numbers for #282c8e are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.