#000080Navy (#000080) is a very dark, saturated blue with an OKLCH hue of 264°, lightness 0.27 and chroma 0.188. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #000080 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(0, 0, 128) |
| HSL | hsl(240, 100%, 25%) |
| HSV | hsv(240, 100%, 50%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(100%, 100%, 0%, 50%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(13 47.5 -64.7) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.271 0.188 264) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Navy shifts subtly: leans toward purple; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.7), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#080578 — ΔE 1.7, shifts subtly: leans toward purple#04037e — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#000080 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#000082 — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchangedAgainst white it measures 16.01:1 and against black 1.31:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#7498e3 · #4a71c6 · #2249a8 · #000080 · #00004e · #000012
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#004c69 · #003861 · #000080 · #170056 · #150033 · #0d0018
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#cfa0e1 · #6692f1 · #a14bc0 · #2b53b3 · #532e61 · #000080
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#f7b900 · #6d80a9 · #455f96 · #334261 · #000080 · #000239
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#faf1de · #a5b2ca · #7a7467 · #313d55 · #000080 · #181103
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#f7f1e6 · #d1cbbe · #a8a193 · #372e1c · #150c00 · #000080
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#cbe3c3 · #cec136 · #73619d · #2d3b2a · #000080 · #041017
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#fff0d3 · #f9944a · #747c00 · #612d00 · #000080 · #121400
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#ffedeb · #ff8a84 · #008e1b · #004c09 · #000080 · #2c0002
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ffecf3 · #f986b8 · #946e00 · #00493b · #000080 · #1a1000
#13399B · #395FB5 · #6184CF · #8BA9E8 · #B7CFFF
#000072 · #000063 · #000055 · #000047 · #00003A
#01176D · #0A205A · #152548
As a deep tone it works for grounding elements — text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces — rather than open fields. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.