Midnight blue

#2e1d5c

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

Midnight blue is a deep purple with a rich cast. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #2e1d5c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2e1d5c

RGB46, 29, 92

HSL256, 52%, 24%

HSV256, 68%, 36%

CMYK50%, 68%, 0%, 64%

Lab16.66, 25.53, -35.03

XYZ3.5, 2.23, 10.37

Decimal3022172

Web safe#333366

Pantone275 C

Shades of midnight blue

#2b1b55 #27194e #241747 #201441 #1d123a #191033 #160e2c #130c25 #0f0a1e #0c0717

Tints of midnight blue

#3c2678 #4a2f94 #5838b1 #6a48c5 #8164ce #9881d7 #af9de0 #c6b9e9 #ddd5f2 #f4f1fb

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#4b5c1d Analogous#1d2c5c Analogous#4d1d5c Triadic#5c2e1d Triadic#1d5c2e Split complementary#5c4e1d Split complementary#2b5c1d

Midnight blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 50, 68, 0, 64.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2e1d5c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

50 68 0 64

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

50 67 4 70

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 #2e1d5c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2e1d5c; }
.text { color: #2e1d5c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2e1d5c; }

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 #2e1d5c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2e1d5c 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 #2e1d5c 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 #2e1d5c 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 #2e1d5c are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.