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Named color

Navy Blue

Navy Blue color #000080: RGB 0, 0, 128 and HSL 240°, 100%, 25%. Explore its cool blue profile, contrast, CSS, palettes and harmonies.

#000080 blue cool darkclassic
HEX #000080
RGB rgb(0, 0, 128)
HSL hsl(240 100% 25%)
CMYK cmyk(100, 100, 0, 50)
Luminance 0.0156
Contrast Black 1.31:1White 16.01:1

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CSS Utilities

--color-navy-blue: #000080;
.bg-navy-blue { background-color: #000080; }
.text-navy-blue { color: #000080; }
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Color history, meaning and use · Editorially reviewed

About Navy Blue Color

Navy blue began as a clothing association and became a broad color name for very dark blue. Museum collections preserve the material context behind that association: enlisted naval dress used blue garments alongside highly recognizable white headwear. Digital standards later gave one exact coordinate to the older name.

CSS Color Level 4 defines the named color navy as #000080, which is the value used here. That makes the HEX interoperable in browsers, but not identical to every naval textile, uniform specification, ink, or commercial paint sold as navy blue. On screens it behaves as a deep structural color suited to navigation, headings, and dark surfaces, with contrast checked against the actual foreground.

The CSS value is an exact web keyword mapping, not a military uniform specification, textile match, or universal definition for all products called navy blue.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Navy Blue against black and white text.

Black text1.31:1AA Fail
White text16.01:1AA Pass
AA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
AAA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
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Downloadable color reference infographic

Navy Blue Color Reference Infographic

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Color Harmonies

#7F8000#7F8000#004080#004080#400080#400080Maroon#800000Green#008000
Open full Navy Blue harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#0000DB#0000DB#000024#000024Navy Blue#000080#0E0E71#0E0E71#1313EC#1313EC#0000A8#0000A8

Pairings

White#FFFFFF#7F8000#7F8000#004080#004080#400080#400080Matte Black#1A1A1AWhite Smoke#F5F5F5

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.0156
Black text1.31:1AA Fail
White text16.01:1AA Pass
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
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Structured sections
Color systems
{
  "hex": "#000080",
  "rgb": [
    0,
    0,
    128
  ],
  "hsl": [
    240,
    100,
    25
  ],
  "cmyk": [
    100,
    100,
    0,
    50
  ],
  "luminance": 0.0156,
  "contrast": {
    "black": 1.31,
    "white": 16.01
  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ]
}
Harmonies
{
  "complementary": "#7F8000",
  "analogous": [
    "#004080",
    "#400080"
  ],
  "triadic": [
    "#800000",
    "#008000"
  ],
  "tetradic": [
    "#800040",
    "#7F8000",
    "#008040"
  ],
  "splitComplementary": [
    "#804000",
    "#408000"
  ],
  "monochromatic": [
    "#0000DB",
    "#000080",
    "#000024"
  ]
}
Variants
{
  "light": "#0000DB",
  "dark": "#000024",
  "saturated": "#000080",
  "desaturated": "#0E0E71",
  "pastel": "#1313EC",
  "neon": "#0000A8"
}
Pairings
{
  "best": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#7F8000",
    "#004080",
    "#400080"
  ],
  "avoid": [
    "#0E0E71",
    "#0000DB"
  ],
  "neutral": [
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#FFFFFF"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#0000DB",
    "#0E0E71"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
{
  "nearestColors": [
    "navy",
    "dark-blue",
    "ultramarine",
    "midnight-blue",
    "zaffre"
  ],
  "generatedPalettes": [
    "navy-blue"
  ],
  "generatedComparisons": [
    "dark-blue-vs-navy-blue",
    "navy-blue-vs-midnight-blue",
    "navy-vs-navy-blue"
  ],
  "relatedFamilies": [
    "/colors/by-family/blue",
    "/colors/by-temperature/cool",
    "/colors/by-tone/dark",
    "/colors/by-tone/classic"
  ],
  "relatedTools": [
    "/harmonies/navy-blue",
    "/wcag/navy-blue",
    "/css/colors/navy-blue",
    "/hex/000080",
    "/tools/css-gradient-generator",
    "/tools/color-palette-generator",
    "/tools/css-color-mixer",
    "/tools/contrast-checker"
  ],
  "semanticRelations": {
    "broader": [
      "/colors/by-family/blue",
      "/colors/by-temperature/cool",
      "/colors/by-tone/dark",
      "/colors/by-tone/classic"
    ],
    "narrower": [
      "/palettes/navy-blue"
    ],
    "related": [
      "/colors/navy",
      "/colors/dark-blue",
      "/colors/ultramarine",
      "/colors/midnight-blue",
      "/colors/zaffre",
      "/compare/dark-blue-vs-navy-blue",
      "/compare/navy-blue-vs-midnight-blue",
      "/compare/navy-vs-navy-blue",
      "/harmonies/navy-blue",
      "/wcag/navy-blue",
      "/css/colors/navy-blue",
      "/hex/000080",
      "/tools/css-gradient-generator",
      "/tools/color-palette-generator",
      "/tools/css-color-mixer",
      "/tools/contrast-checker"
    ]
  }
}
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "slug": "navy-blue",
  "name": "Navy Blue",
  "hex": "#000080",
  "family": "blue",
  "temperature": "cool",
  "tone": [
    "dark",
    "classic"
  ],
  "uses": [
    "branding",
    "formal design",
    "interfaces"
  ],
  "psychology": {
    "associations": [
      "trust",
      "authority",
      "stability"
    ],
    "contexts": [
      "finance",
      "technology",
      "formal identity"
    ],
    "avoidIn": [
      "playful child-focused palettes"
    ]
  },
  "aliases": [
    "navy"
  ],
  "sourceType": "standard",
  "confidence": "high",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.w3.org/TR/css-color-4/#named-colors",
  "reviewStatus": "auto",
  "editorialNotes": "Generated from CSS named color data and computed color-system properties.",
  "origin": {
    "type": "css",
    "notes": "Standard CSS named color."
  },
  "tags": [
    "blue",
    "cool",
    "dark",
    "classic",
    "branding",
    "formal-design",
    "interfaces",
    "trust",
    "authority",
    "stability"
  ],
  "popularity": 73,
  "rgb": [
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    0,
    128
  ],
  "hsl": [
    240,
    100,
    25
  ],
  "cmyk": [
    100,
    100,
    0,
    50
  ],
  "luminance": 0.0156,
  "contrast": {
    "black": 1.31,
    "white": 16.01
  },
  "harmonies": {
    "complementary": "#7F8000",
    "analogous": [
      "#004080",
      "#400080"
    ],
    "triadic": [
      "#800000",
      "#008000"
    ],
    "tetradic": [
      "#800040",
      "#7F8000",
      "#008040"
    ],
    "splitComplementary": [
      "#804000",
      "#408000"
    ],
    "monochromatic": [
      "#0000DB",
      "#000080",
      "#000024"
    ]
  },
  "variants": {
    "light": "#0000DB",
    "dark": "#000024",
    "saturated": "#000080",
    "desaturated": "#0E0E71",
    "pastel": "#1313EC",
    "neon": "#0000A8"
  },
  "wcag": {
    "AA": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "AAA": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  },
  "css": {
    "variable": "--color-navy-blue: #000080;",
    "utility": ".bg-navy-blue { background-color: #000080; }",
    "textUtility": ".text-navy-blue { color: #000080; }"
  },
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    "ultramarine",
    "midnight-blue",
    "zaffre"
  ],
  "generatedPalettes": [
    "navy-blue"
  ],
  "generatedComparisons": [
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    "navy-blue-vs-midnight-blue",
    "navy-vs-navy-blue"
  ],
  "relatedFamilies": [
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    "/colors/by-temperature/cool",
    "/colors/by-tone/dark",
    "/colors/by-tone/classic"
  ],
  "relatedTools": [
    "/harmonies/navy-blue",
    "/wcag/navy-blue",
    "/css/colors/navy-blue",
    "/hex/000080",
    "/tools/css-gradient-generator",
    "/tools/color-palette-generator",
    "/tools/css-color-mixer",
    "/tools/contrast-checker"
  ],
  "semanticRelations": {
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      "/colors/by-family/blue",
      "/colors/by-temperature/cool",
      "/colors/by-tone/dark",
      "/colors/by-tone/classic"
    ],
    "narrower": [
      "/palettes/navy-blue"
    ],
    "related": [
      "/colors/navy",
      "/colors/dark-blue",
      "/colors/ultramarine",
      "/colors/midnight-blue",
      "/colors/zaffre",
      "/compare/dark-blue-vs-navy-blue",
      "/compare/navy-blue-vs-midnight-blue",
      "/compare/navy-vs-navy-blue",
      "/harmonies/navy-blue",
      "/wcag/navy-blue",
      "/css/colors/navy-blue",
      "/hex/000080",
      "/tools/css-gradient-generator",
      "/tools/color-palette-generator",
      "/tools/css-color-mixer",
      "/tools/contrast-checker"
    ]
  },
  "pairings": {
    "best": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#7F8000",
      "#004080",
      "#400080"
    ],
    "avoid": [
      "#0E0E71",
      "#0000DB"
    ],
    "neutral": [
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#F5F5F5",
      "#E8E8E4"
    ],
    "highContrast": [
      "#FFFFFF"
    ],
    "lowContrast": [
      "#0000DB",
      "#0E0E71"
    ]
  }
}
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Navy#000080
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