Navy Color — #000080 HEX Code
Navy uses #000080, or RGB(0, 0, 128), in this color catalog. Explore complementary colors, palettes and text contrast below.
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Navy
#000080
Navy color reference
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Navy is the CSS keyword often called navy blue. Its blue channel is half the maximum 8-bit value, producing a dark base for cream, white or gold accents.
CSS keyword: navy. Each resolves to #000080 in sRGB.
- HEX — exact
- #000080
- RGB — exact 8-bit channels
- 0, 0, 128
- HSL — rounded
- 240°, 100%, 25%
What is the complementary color?
An HSL hue rotation of 180° gives #7F8000, keeping the rounded saturation and lightness values. This reference calculation rounds HSL before converting back to RGB. It is a digital harmony starting point, not a pigment-mixing rule or a guarantee of readable text.
Black or white text on Navy?
AA requires at least 4.5:1 for normal text. Results use opaque colors and unrounded contrast values; a passing pair does not establish complete accessibility.
A worked palette in this color family
For navy-led interfaces, see a dashboard example that checks light text on two dark surfaces and both sides of an interactive card boundary.
The collection uses its own listed HEX values; it does not substitute them for this #000080 reference.
Dark Mode Color Palettes: roles, contrast checks and CSSUse #000080 in a real interface
Exact match in the Color Match reference list: Navy. Reference names are browsing labels; not every name is a CSS keyword.
Try navy as reading text on cream or as a dark navigation surface.
The navigation surface may need a lighter separator where its edge carries meaning.
Assign roles and check the pair
The lightest and darkest supplied values are the starting reading pair. The accent label adds black or white, whichever has greater contrast. You can change the accent below.
A palette in context
Use this preview to inspect reading text and an accent label.
Example actionReading text #000080 on #FFF7ED: 15.079:1 - Pass normal text AA.
Accent label #FFFFFF on #000080: 16.010:1.
Checks use unrounded ratios and opaque sRGB. The example action is a visual sample. Test boundaries, focus and hover in your actual component.
All color pairs: normal text AA
| Text / background | #000080 | #FFF7ED |
|---|---|---|
| #000080 | 1.00:1 Fail | 15.08:1 Pass |
| #FFF7ED | 15.08:1 Pass | 1.00:1 Fail |
:root {
--surface: #FFF7ED;
--text: #000080;
--accent: #000080;
--on-accent: #FFFFFF;
}Shades & Tints
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Accessibility
Text contrast on Navy
Each sample uses this color as the background. Results describe opaque text contrast, not the accessibility of a whole design.
White text
A normal-size text example.
#FFFFFF on #000080
WCAG: 16.010:1
Normal text: AAA. Large text: AAA.
APCA: -103.89 Lc (supplementary).
Inspect this pair and find a fixBlack text
A normal-size text example.
#000000 on #000080
WCAG: 1.312:1
Normal text: Fail. Large text: Fail.
APCA: 0.00 Lc (supplementary).
Inspect this pair and find a fixAA needs 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text. Large text is at least 24 CSS px, or about 18.67 CSS px and bold. Methods and limitations
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Normal Vision
Vision: Viénot 1999 + Machado 2009. Environment: approximate perceptual simulation.
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