Midnight Blue Color Meaning | Hex Codes
#191970
Midnight blue is a deep, dark blue with subtle violet undertones, sitting close to the blue–violet boundary on digital color wheels, such as QuillBot’s color wheel.
This shade of blue is often used to convey refined elegance and luxury and as a background color in spooky Halloween images.
What does midnight blue symbolize?
More expressive than black, a rich, dark midnight blue hue can suggest mystery, refinement, and seriousness.
In design and branding, midnight blue is used:
- For luxury and premium positioning
- To signal trust and authority
- In campaigns and products related to sleep and nightlife
In interior design, midnight blue works well:
- Alongside brass, gold, and warm wood tones
- In bedrooms, libraries, or dining rooms to create depth and drama
- As a softer, less stark alternative to black
Color conversion
#191970| Format | Value |
|---|---|
| HEX | 191970 |
| RGB | 25, 25, 112 |
| RGB Percent | 10%, 10%, 44% |
| CMYK | 0.78, 0.78, 0, 0.56 |
| HSL | 240°, 64%, 27% |
Facts about midnight blue
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first recorded use of the color name midnight blue was in 1810.
In the 1920s, the future King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (then the Prince of Wales) caused a stir in the fashion world by wearing midnight blue evening suits as an alternative to black. Midnight blue is still often preferred to black for evening wear: under some artificial lighting, black fabrics can look a little flat or even slightly greenish, while midnight blue cloth can look like a truer black.
Taylor Swift wore outfits in midnight blue to tie in with her tenth studio album, Midnights.
Color variations
Tints
- #1e1e8a • Click to copy
- #2424a3 • Click to copy
- #2929bc • Click to copy
- #3232d2 • Click to copy
- #4b4bd8 • Click to copy
- #6464dd • Click to copy
- #7d7de3 • Click to copy
- #9696e8 • Click to copy
Shades
- #131358 • Click to copy
- #0e0e3f • Click to copy
- #080826 • Click to copy
- #040411 • Click to copy
- #040411 • Click to copy
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- #040411 • Click to copy
Tones
- #23239f • Click to copy
- #2e2ea3 • Click to copy
- #3a3aa6 • Click to copy
- #4848a8 • Click to copy
- #5757a8 • Click to copy
- #6a6aa4 • Click to copy
- #7d7da1 • Click to copy
- #8e8e9f • Click to copy
Midnight blue hex code
The standard CSS color MidnightBlue uses the hex code #191970.
If you’re looking for a dark shade of midnight blue, like the shade of Crayola’s midnight blue crayons, #003366 is a good choice.
Midnight blue vs navy blue
Midnight blue and navy blue are both very dark blues, and there is considerable overlap in how the terms are used. However, “midnight blue” typically describes a blue that appears almost black, while “navy blue” commonly refers to a very dark blue that retains a more clearly blue appearance.
In CSS, the color name MidnightBlue (#191970) is actually slightly lighter than Navy (#000080).
Color names for dark blue
As well as midnight blue, commonly used names for darker shades of blue include:
- Ink blue
- Prussian blue
- Navy blue
- (Dark) royal blue
- Ultramarine
- Sapphire blue
- Indigo
- Oxford blue
- Mono
- Analogous
- Complimentary
Frequently asked questions about midnight blue
- What are some other midnight colors?
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Midnight blue often appears in color palettes alongside other night-sky midnight colors like charcoal, black, slate gray, steel gray, and silver.
For contrast, you can also include gold, brass, warm amber, or a soft light shade like moonlit white or pale gray.
QuillBot’s free color palette generator can extract the hex codes from images with midnight colors.
- What are some other dark blue color codes other than midnight blue?
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As well as MidnightBlue #191970, other dark blue color codes in CSS are:
- Navy #000080
- DarkBlue #00008B
- DarkSlateBlue #483D8B
- Indigo #4B0082
You can use QuillBot’s color wheel to create a palette for your project based around one of these dark blue color codes.
