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Midnight blue is a dark shade of blue, close to black, that was named for its darkness. Midnight blue is the color of a vat full of Indigo dye; therefore, midnight blue may also be considered a dark shade of indigo. There are two different shades of midnight blue--the X11 color and the Crayola color.
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Midnight blue
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| Hex triplet | #191970 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (25, 25, 112) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (240°, 78%, 44%) |
| Source | X11 | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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At right is displayed the color midnight blue.
This is the X11 web color midnight blue.
Dark midnight blue
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| Hex triplet | #003366 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (0, 51, 102) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (210°, 100%, 40%) |
| Source | Crayola | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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At right is displayed the color dark midnight blue.
This is the color called midnight blue in Crayola crayons.
Midnight blue has been an official Crayola color since 1958; before that, since having been formulated by Crayola in 1949, it was called Prussian blue.
Shades of midnight blue color comparison chart
- Dark midnight blue (Crayola Midnight Blue) (Hex: #003366) RGB (0,51,102)
- Midnight blue (web color) (Hex: #191970) RGB (25,25,112)
Other variations of midnight blue
- Midnight blue variation 1 (Hex: #132456)
- Midnight blue variation 2 (Hex: #123245)
- Midnight blue variation 3 (Hex: #123456)
- Midnight blue variation 4 (Hex: #132343)
- Midnight blue variation 5 (Hex: #122246)
- Midnight blue variation 6 (Hex: #012345)
- Midnight blue variation 7 (Hex: #132232)
- Midnight blue variation 8 (Hex: #123543)
- Midnight blue variation 9 (Hex: #133553)
- Midnight blue variation 10 (Hex: #000062)
Midnight blue in human culture
- US Air Force Midnight Blue is the color used on ABU (Air Battle Uniform) nametapes and rank insignia. A thread color from the manufactures American and Efird that is used by a major supplier of military nametapes is color number 51621. Madeira embroidery thread (100% Viscose) color 1244 is also a very dark midnight (almost black) blue thread.
- As it is a web-safe color, Midnight blue is an extremely popular color choice, showing up on various websites, including the latest version of Google's blog service, Blogger.
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