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Navy

Navy is authority in color form: finance, law, enterprise, uniforms. Darker than royal but softer than black, it grounds palettes while staying unmistakably blue.

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Values in every format

HEX
#000080
RGB
rgb(0, 0, 128)
HSL
hsl(240, 100%, 25%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.271 0.188 264.1)
CMYK
cmyk(100%, 100%, 0%, 49.8%)

Hue family: Blue · closest CSS name: navy. Convert this color

Perceptual shade scale

Eleven even steps from 50 to 950, computed in OKLCH — the starred stop is #000080 itself.

  1. 50#f4f8ff
  2. 100#e5edff
  3. 200#cfdfff
  4. 300#b3ccff
  5. 400#8cb1ff
  6. 500#6495ff
  7. 600#4378f5
  8. 700#2e5ed3
  9. 800#1e48b0
  10. 900#11348e
  11. 950 ★#000080

Build a full system from #000080

Harmonies with navy

Complementary

Maximum contrast — use one side for action, the other sparingly.

#000080 #808000

Analogous

Neighbors on the wheel — calm, cohesive, hard to get wrong.

#004080 #000080 #400080

Triadic

Three evenly spaced hues — vibrant, needs one clear leader.

#000080 #800000 #008000

Measured contrast

on white16.01:1 · AA normal ✓
on black1.31:1 · fails AA

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