Navy color: #000080
The CSS keyword navy is #000080, rgb(0, 0, 128) or hsl(240, 100%, 25%). Its codes to copy, 50–950 tint scale, harmonies and contrast on white and black.
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About Navy
Navy is a very dark blue. Its hue sits at 264° in OKLCH and 240° in HSL — the two wheels are spaced differently, which is why the numbers disagree.
The keyword navy is one of the sixteen original HTML 4 colors, the whole palette of CSS 1, so it is understood by every browser and every email client ever shipped.
Navy tint scale, 50 to 950
Eleven steps at fixed perceived lightness, in OKLCH, holding navy’s own hue from end to end. The keyword itself falls closest to step 900 (#021a69), the one outlined; step 500 is #4a7ef6.
Harmonies built on Navy
Hue angles measured in OKLCH, so every accent keeps navy’s perceived lightness. Its complement is #332400, closest to the named color darkslategray.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-complementary
Navy on white and on black
White text reads better on navy (16.00:1). As a text color it is readable on a white page (16.00:1, AAA). AA asks 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; AAA asks 7:1.
Named colors close to Navy
Open navy in the full tools
- Open in Color Converter — convert it to any other notation.
- Open in Palette Generator — export its scale as --navy-50 … --navy-950 tokens.
- Open in Color Harmonies — turn the wheel and compare OKLCH with HSL.
- Open in Contrast Checker — test it against any background, with the closest passing shade.
- Open in Color System Generator — derive a light and dark token set from it.
Or browse every named color from the color converter.