Navy Blue Color
Color Name: | Navy Blue |
Hex Color Code: | #000080 |
RGB Color Code: | RGB(0, 0, 128) |
CMYK Values*: | 100.0%, 100.0%, 0.0%, 49.8% |
Color Family (Hue): | Blue |
Color Name: | Navy Blue |
Hex Color Code: | #000080 |
RGB Color Code: | RGB(0, 0, 128) |
CMYK Values*: | 100.0%, 100.0%, 0.0%, 49.8% |
Color Family (Hue): | Blue |
Navy blue is a dark shade of blue color. Navy Blue got its name from the usual color of the uniforms worn by officers in the Royal Navy (United Kingdom's naval warfare force) since 1748. It was subsequently adopted by other navies worldwide. Initially, this color was also called Marine Blue.
Navy blue is one of the professional colors and is very popular in the fashion industry. Like black, it carries a sense of power, authority, elegance, and sophistication.
A few ways to make navy blue are:
Navy blue color names in other languages:
Spanish | Azul Marino |
French | Bleu Marine |
Portuguese | Azul Marinho |
German | Marineblaue |
Navy Blue color belongs to the Blue color family (hue). The hexadecimal color code(color number) for Navy Blue is #000080, and the RGB color code is RGB(0, 0, 128).
In the RGB color model, Navy Blue has a red value of 0, a green value of 0, and a blue value of 128. The CMYK color model (also known as process color, used in color printing) comprises 100.0% cyan, 100.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow, and 49.8% key (black). The HSL color scale has a hue of 240° (degrees), 100.0 % saturation, and 25.1 % lightness. In the HSB/HSV color space, Navy Blue has a hue of 240° (degrees), 100.0 % saturation and 50.2 % brightness/value.
Navy Blue is cool or warm?
The color Navy Blue is a cool color.
What is the LRV of Navy Blue?
Navy Blue has an LRV of nearly 2. By LRV value, it is a very dark color.
Light Reflectance Value (LRV) is a measure of how much visible light is reflected off a surface. It is a number on a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 being pure black and 100 being pure white. The higher the LRV, the more light the color reflects and the lighter it will appear.
Navy Blue color codes / color number / color space conversions - HEX, RGBA, CMYK, HSL, HSV/HSB, HYZ, CMY, HWB, RYB
RGBA / RGB
CMYK
HSL
HSL(240deg, 100.0 %, 25.1 %)
RYB
HSV/HSB
HWB
H: 240°
W: 0.00 %
B: 49.80 %
XYZ
X : 3.9
Y : 1.56
Z : 20.52
YXY
Y1 : 1.56
X : 0.15
Y2 : 0.06
CMY
C : 100.00%
M : 100.00%
Y : 49.80%
LRV
Munsell Color System
CIE-Lab
L : 12.98
A : 47.51
B : -64.7
CIE-Lch
L : 12.98
C : 80.27
H : 306.29
CIE-Luv
L : 12.98
U : -3.78
V : -52.36
Hunter-Lab
L : 12.48
A : 33.86
B : -88.7
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Similar colors from Pantone, RAL, and other color matching system
Pantone PMS
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Monochromatic colors belong to the same hue angle but different tints and shades. Monochromatic color palette can be generated by keeping the exact hue of the base color and then changing the saturation and lightness.
Analogous colors are a group of colors adjacent to each other on a color wheel. Group of these adjacent colors forms Analogous color scheme Palette. Analogous Palette can be generated by increasing or decreasing the hue value by 30 points.
The triadic color palette has three colors separated by 120° in the RGB color wheel
The tetradic colour scheme composed of two sets of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
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