Midnight blue

#08196a

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

Midnight blue is a deep blue that reads serious. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #08196a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#08196a

RGB8, 25, 106

HSL230, 86%, 22%

HSV230, 92%, 42%

CMYK92%, 76%, 0%, 58%

Lab14.33, 28.14, -48.22

XYZ3.05, 1.79, 13.82

Decimal530794

Web safe#000066

Pantone662 C

Shades of midnight blue

#071762 #07155a #061453 #06124b #051043 #040e3b #040c34 #030a2c #030924 #02071c

Tints of midnight blue

#0b218d #0d2ab0 #1032d3 #1b40ee #3f5df0 #627bf3 #8598f6 #a8b6f8 #cbd4fb #eef1fe

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#6a5908 Analogous#084a6a Analogous#28086a Triadic#6a0819 Triadic#196a08 Split complementary#6a2808 Split complementary#4a6a08

Midnight blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 92, 76, 0, 58.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #08196a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

92 76 0 58

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

89 74 4 64

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 #08196a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #08196a; }
.text { color: #08196a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #08196a; }

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 #08196a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #08196a 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 #08196a 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 #08196a 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

The figures for #08196a come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.