Midnight Purple Color Codes - The Hex, RGB, HSL and CMYK Values

What colors make Midnight Purple?

On this page, you will find the Midnight Purple Hex, RGB, Hue Saturation Light (HSL), and CMYK color codes. We also include shades and variations of Midnight Purple, color palettes, and related colors.

Midnight Purple color code

The Midnight Purple hex code is #280137. The Midnight Purple hex code can be quantified in RGB values which represent the amount of Red, Green and Blue color channels. The RGB value is an estimated amount of red, green, and blue color to create the color Midnight Purple. The RGB estimate is:

  • Red: #28 in Hex amounts to 16%
  • Green: #01 in Hex amounts to 0%
  • Blue: #37 in Hex amounts to 22%

Midnight Purple in HSL

HSL is an acronym which stands for Hue, Saturation, and Lightness. HSL was developed for television and standardized for computer displays.

Hue is the perceived color name. Saturation is the "colorfulness" relative to the color's brightness. Brightness is our human eye's quantified perception of the spectral light distribution. Lightness is the color brightness relative to a perceived similarly illuminated white.

Brightness and "colorfulness" are absolute measures, while Lightness and Saturation are relative measures.

Midnight Purple is 283deg, 96%, 11% HSL.

  • Hue: 283deg
  • Saturation: 96%
  • Light: 11%

Midnight Purple color in CMYK color model

The CMYK color model is commonly used in printing. The CMYK acronym stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key. Where key is black. Since the black color is the absence of light, the CMYK is a subtractive color model.

White light minus red is cyan, minus green is magenta, minus blue is yellow.

Midnight Purple is 27% 98% 0% 78% CMYK.

  • Cyan: 27%
  • Magenta: 98%
  • Yellow: 0%
  • Key (or Black): 78%

Different shades of Midnight Purple

According to its HSL value, Midnight Purple contains about 11% of brightness.

Below are all the values in HEX, HSL and CMYK color spaces for each shade variations:

Swatch Hex HSL CMYK
#F0CCFE 283deg, 96%, 90% 5%, 19%, 0%, 99%
#E19AFD 283deg, 96%, 80% 10%, 38%, 0%, 99%
#D368FC 283deg, 96%, 70% 16%, 58%, 0%, 99%
#C436FB 283deg, 96%, 60% 21%, 78%, 0%, 99%
#B604FA 283deg, 96%, 50% 27%, 98%, 0%, 99%
#9103C8 283deg, 96%, 40% 27%, 98%, 0%, 99%
#6D0296 283deg, 96%, 30% 27%, 98%, 0%, 99%
#480164 283deg, 96%, 20% 27%, 98%, 0%, 99%
#240032 283deg, 96%, 10% 27%, 98%, 0%, 99%

Accessibility tips when using the color Midnight Purple

Ensure your content remains available to the broadest possible audience. Make sure the text color has enough contrast with its background. When using Midnight Purple on text, we recommend you use white for the background.

The reason Midnight Purple contrasts better with a white background is because Midnight Purple has a degree of brightness of 11% which provides better contrast on a bright background.

The Midnight Purple color palette hex codes.

There are a few color palettes available when working with Midnight Purple, but below is our favorite:

  • Medium Roast #3C2005
  • Wasabi Nori #333300
  • Haunted Hills #003311
  • Sacramento State Green #043927
  • Oblivion #000435
  • Vienna Roast #330022

By interpolating Hue and Saturation values, we can also generate great color palettes inspired from Midnight Purple

  • Lacquered Licorice #383838
  • Mole #392D2B
  • Creole #393227
  • Phthalo Green #123524
  • Quiet Abyss #160435
  • Vienna Roast #330022

Below is a series of palettes generated from the color Midnight Purple:

Palette variances of 3 colors:

  • #280037
  • #00372B
  • #372F00
  • #370200
  • #370022
  • #280037
  • #370800
  • #280037
  • #002637

Palette variances of 4 colors:

  • #37000D
  • #280037
  • #001237
  • #003722
  • #37001E
  • #280037
  • #000137
  • #002937
  • #223700
  • #371B00
  • #370016
  • #280037

Palette variances of 5 colors:

  • #003720
  • #153700
  • #372400
  • #370011
  • #280037
  • #173700
  • #373000
  • #370900
  • #37001F
  • #280037
  • #370006
  • #280037
  • #001837
  • #003716
  • #2B3700

Palette variances of 6 colors:

  • #280037
  • #160037
  • #050037
  • #000D37
  • #001E37
  • #002F37
  • #370015
  • #370025
  • #370035
  • #280037
  • #170037
  • #070037
  • #370021
  • #370033
  • #280037
  • #160037
  • #040037
  • #000F37

You will find specific color values of Midnight Purple on this page. For example, the Midnight Purple HEX color code is #280137. We offer a variety of color palette, variances, and an expert color mixer to develop color schemes. Related colors for Midnight Purple are:

Coalmine color code is (34.0, 0.0, 51.0). Quiet Abyss color code is (22.0, 4.0, 53.0). Vienna Roast color code is (51.0, 0.0, 34.0). Oblivion color code is (0.0, 4.0, 53.0). Naval Night color code is (1.0, 28.0, 57.0). Dark Sanctuary color code is (63.0, 1.0, 44.0). Midnight Dreams color code is (0.0, 34.0, 51.0). Velvet Cosmos color code is (68.0, 17.0, 68.0). Illicit Darkness color code is (0.0, 2.0, 46.0). Deadly Depths color code is (17.0, 17.0, 68.0).

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  • Red and Green make Yellow.
  • Green and Blue make Cyan.
  • Blue and Red make Magenta.

Combining a secondary color and a primary color yields tertiary colors. There are six tertiary colors. The six color names are orange, chartreuse green, spring green, azure, violet and rose. Colors continue to expand, for example, halfway between blue and violet is indigo, color code #4B0082, and violet is halfway between blue and purple.

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Included in our color pages are color palettes, we generate color combinations between three and six colors. We call each different color mixture "palette variances." Each color palette variance includes eighteen color mixes with HEX code displayed.

A third component we provide on this page is color shades. For example, shades of Midnight Purple include Coalmine, Quiet Abyss, Vienna Roast, Oblivion, Naval Night, Dark Sanctuary, Midnight Dreams, Velvet Cosmos, Illicit Darkness, and Deadly Depths. We offer nine tints and shades for each color. A color shade is found by adjusting the color saturation to find a darker hue. A color tint is a lighter color. For example, pink is a tint of red.

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