Navy Blue (#000080)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text
This is how text may look on this color.
Best text color: #FFFFFF
Contrast vs white: 16.01:1 — vs black: 1.31:1

Color values

  • HEX #000080
  • RGB rgb(0, 0, 128)
  • HSL hsl(240, 100%, 50%)
  • CMYK cmyk( 100, 100, 0, 49.8 )
  • Websafe #000099

Tags

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #000080 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Navy Blue
#000080 Base
Olive
#808000
Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Navy Blue
#000080 Base
#004080
#400080
Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Navy Blue
#000080 Base
Maroon
#800000
Office Green
#008000
Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Navy Blue
#000080 Base
#804000
#408000
Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Navy Blue
#000080 Base
#800040
Olive
#808000
#008040
Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Navy Blue
#000080 Base
#00001A
#000033
#000057
#0000A9
#0000CC
#1A1AFF
Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Navy Blue, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

#00001A
#00002E
#000043
#000057
#00006C
Navy Blue #000080 Base
#0000C7
#1010FF
#5757FF
#9E9EFF
#E6E6FF
CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #000080. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

CSS Properties
/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #000080;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #000080;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #000080;
}
CSS Gradient
/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #000080,
        #FFFF01
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #000080,
        #FFFF01
    );
}
SCSS Variable
// SCSS variable
$navy-blue: #000080;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$navy-blue-r: 0;
$navy-blue-g: 0;
$navy-blue-b: 128;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $navy-blue;
    color: rgba($navy-blue-r, $navy-blue-g, $navy-blue-b, 0.8);
}
Color Blindness Simulation

How Navy Blue appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #000080 How the color appears with full color vision.
Deuteranopia #000080 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.
Protanopia #000080 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.
Tritanopia #002E2E Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.
Achromatopsia #212121 Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.
Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Navy Blue ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Navy Blue #000080 Base
Dark Blue #00008B ΔE 1.56
Phthalo Blue #000F89 ΔE 2.65
Ultramarine #120A8F ΔE 2.84
Duke Blue #00009C ΔE 3.90

How to use this color

  1. Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
  2. Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
  3. Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.