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#000080 Navy
#000080 is a dark, vivid blue, known as Navy. In RGB it’s made of 0% red, 0% green, and 50.2% blue. Its hue is 240°, with 100% saturation and 25% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. White text sits best on top of it.
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Color harmonies
Combinations from the color wheel, built around #000080.
Split complementary
The two neighbors of the complement: contrast that’s easier to balance.
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Two complementary pairs: rich, best with one color in charge.
Open in the palette creator →Contrast & readability
WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.
White text on this color
16.01:1 AAABlack text on this color
1.31:1 FailThis color as text on white
16.01:1 AAAThis color as text on black
1.31:1 FailHow it looks with color blindness
About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #000080 as they’d see it.
#000080 in use
A headline in this color
Body text stays dark for reading; the color carries buttons, links, and accents.
On a dark background
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Questions about #000080
What color is #000080?
#000080 is a dark, vivid blue, known as Navy. In RGB it’s made of 0% red, 0% green, and 50.2% blue. Its hue is 240°, with 100% saturation and 25% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. White text sits best on top of it.
What is #000080 in RGB?
#000080 is rgb(0, 0, 128): 0 red, 0 green, and 128 blue on a 0–255 scale.
What is #000080 in CMYK?
Roughly cmyk(100, 100, 0, 50). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.
What Pantone is closest to #000080?
PANTONE Reflex Blue C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.
What color goes with #000080?
Its complement #252300 gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.