#03045E · Navy

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#03045E is a dark, highly saturated blue color, closest to Navy and near Navy and Midnight. In OKLCH it has 22% lightness and 0.15 chroma at hue 266°. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #03045E a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 3 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#03045E
RGBrgb(3, 4, 94)
HSLhsl(239, 94%, 19%)
CMYK97, 96, 0, 63
CSS var--navy
Contrast17.75:1 white · 1.18:1 black

Similar named colors

Navy #000080Midnight #191970Marine #04275CSpace #1D2951Ink #0B1E33

How to use #03045E

White text passes WCAG AA on #03045E (17.75:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #03045E with its analogous neighbors #03325E and #2F035E; for contrast use its complement #5E5C03 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--navy: #03045E;

Shades & tints

#010113#010226#020238#02034B#03045E#35367E#68689E#9A9BBF#CDCDDF

Color harmonies for #03045E

Complementary

#03045E#5E5C03

Analogous

#03045E#03325E#2F035E

Triadic

#03045E#5E0304#045E03

Split complementary

#03045E#5E2F03#325E03

Tetradic

#03045E#5E0332#5E5C03#035E2F

Palettes with #03045E