Navy

#000074

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for navy, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Navy, a vivid blue at 240 degrees. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Navy color values

Every conversion for #000074, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#000074

RGB0, 0, 116

HSL240, 100%, 23%

HSV240, 100%, 45%

CMYK100%, 100%, 0%, 55%

Lab11.0, 44.27, -60.29

XYZ3.15, 1.26, 16.6

Decimal116

Web safe#000066

Pantone2747 C

Shades of navy

#00006b #000063 #00005a #000052 #000049 #000041 #000038 #000030 #000027 #00001f

Tints of navy

#00009a #0000bf #0000e5 #0b0bff #3131ff #5757ff #7c7cff #a2a2ff #c8c8ff #ededff

Colors that go with navy

Complementary#747400 Analogous#003a74 Analogous#3a0074 Triadic#740000 Triadic#007400 Split complementary#743a00 Split complementary#3a7400

Navy in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 100, 100, 0, 55.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #000074 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

100 100 0 55

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

96 96 4 61

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Navy in css

Copy #000074 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #000074; }
.text { color: #000074; }
.border { border: 2px solid #000074; }

How navy looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Navy and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #000074 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #000074 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Navy on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #000074 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around navy? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn navy into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #000074 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from navy, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #000074 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.