Midnight blue

#2f194a

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

Midnight blue is a dark purple with a anchoring cast. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #2f194a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2f194a

RGB47, 25, 74

HSL267, 49%, 19%

HSV267, 66%, 29%

CMYK36%, 66%, 0%, 71%

Lab14.37, 22.72, -26.52

XYZ2.76, 1.79, 6.68

Decimal3086666

Web safe#330033

Pantone5255 C

Shades of midnight blue

#2c1745 #291640 #25143b #221236 #1f1030 #1c0f2b #180d26 #150b21 #12091c #0f0817

Tints of midnight blue

#422367 #542d85 #6737a2 #7a41bf #8e5fc9 #a37cd3 #b899dd #ccb7e7 #e1d4f1 #f6f2fa

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#344a19 Analogous#191b4a Analogous#48194a Triadic#4a2f19 Triadic#194a2f Split complementary#4a4819 Split complementary#1b4a19

Midnight blue in print

At this depth the ink coverage is heavy, worth a proof before a long run. The cmyk build is 36, 66, 0, 71.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2f194a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

36 66 0 71

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

37 65 4 77

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 #2f194a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2f194a; }
.text { color: #2f194a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2f194a; }

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 #2f194a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2f194a 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 #2f194a 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 #2f194a 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #2f194a are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.