Information about Navy Blue color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #000080 reads as a intensely saturated classic blue and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Dark Blue (#00008B). Slightly further away sit Deep Blue (#040273) and Neon Dark Blue (#000370).
The recipe behind #000080 is rgb(0, 0, 128), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 16.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 1.3:1. This precise shade carries the officially registered name "Navy Blue" in the Register.
Navy Blue color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Navy Blue color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Navy Blue color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Navy Blue color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Navy Blue color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Navy Blue color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Navy Blue color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Navy Blue
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#00008B
#040273
#000370
#000F89
#02066F
#00147E
#001489
#001B7F
#1A0076
#00009C
#0A1195
#0000A0
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#000080
- RGB0, 0, 128
- CMYK50, 50, 0, 50
- CSSrgb(0, 0, 128)
- HSL240°, 100%, 25%
- HSL Precise240°, 100%, 25.098%
- HSV240°, 100%, 50%
- HSB240°, 100%, 50%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.000
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.000
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.502
- GLSLvec3(0.000, 0.000, 0.502)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.000, 0.000, 0.502, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.000, 0.000, 0.502)
- Percentage of Red in RGB0%
- Percentage of Green in RGB0%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB50.2%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID000080
- DECIMAL ID128
- Name Length9
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