Midnight Color

#03012d

Midnight is deep, cool-toned shade of mid blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid yellow, green cyan or mid red

Inverse Color #fcfed2
Complementary Color #2a2d01
Color Shade: mid blue (242.73° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 9.02% (better contrasting with white)
Midnight Color Sample
Midnight Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #03012d

If you're looking for a similar mid blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Midnight Color. The Hadopelagic Water color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool blue bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Stratos (#000741) for more energetic effect. Try Endless Galaxy as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#2a2d01 is the best complementary color to Midnight. Mid yellow shades generally complement the mid blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #03012d complementary color is Madras, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of blue cyan, mid blue, and violet colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Black Rock are #01142d and #19012d. Thus found on the left and right of #03012d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Midnight and Tolopea colors as they work well with Midnight.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Midnight palette consists of #142d01 and #2d1901 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2a2d01). Try Deep Fir and Brown Pod colors in combination with #03012d, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #03012d offers a combination of mid green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Midnight. Thus Deep Fir and Chocolate giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Midnight contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Madras, Toledo, and Cardin Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #03012d square combo is a palette of mid blue, red magenta, mid yellow and green cyan shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Midnight tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#2a2d01) and two others. The Chocolate is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Daintree – 120° from the complementary Madras. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #2d0301 and #012a2d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #03012d is made of 6% red, 2% green and 92% blue. In a HSL mode Midnight has a hue angle of 242.73°, a saturation of 95.65% and a lightness of 9.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #03012d is made of 16.47% cyan, 17.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 82.35% black ink.

HEX #03012d
RGB Decimal rgb(3,1,45)
RGB Percentage 6%, 2%, 92%
CMYK 16.47, 17.26, 0, 82.35
HSL hsl(242.73,95.65%,9.02%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(242.73,97.78%,17.65%)
CIE-LAB lab(2.0823,12.41,-25.6652)
XYZ xyz(0.5221,0.2305,2.4996)
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