#000080 · Navy

Click to copy

#000080 is a dark, highly saturated blue color, closest to Navy and near Midnight and Marine. In OKLCH it has 27% lightness and 0.19 chroma at hue 264°. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #000080 a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology.

Color codes click to copy

HEX#000080
RGBrgb(0, 0, 128)
HSLhsl(240, 100%, 25%)
CMYK100, 100, 0, 50
CSS var--navy
Contrast16.01:1 white · 1.31:1 black

Similar named colors

How to use #000080

White text passes WCAG AA on #000080 (16.01:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #000080 with its analogous neighbors #004080 and #400080; for contrast use its complement #7F8000 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--navy: #000080;

Shades & tints

Color harmonies for #000080

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic