Navy

#230178

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

Navy falls in the purple range, deep and vivid. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Navy color values

Every conversion for #230178, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#230178

RGB35, 1, 120

HSL257, 98%, 24%

HSV257, 99%, 47%

CMYK71%, 99%, 0%, 53%

Lab14.03, 45.83, -57.76

XYZ4.09, 1.74, 17.89

Decimal2294136

Web safe#330066

Pantone2755 C

Shades of navy

#1e0166 #190154 #16014b #130142 #110039 #0e0030 #0b0027 #09001e

Tints of navy

#2e019d #3802c2 #4302e6 #5410fd #6e35fd #895afe #a37ffe #bea4fe #d8c8ff #f2edff

Colors that go with navy

Complementary#567801 Analogous#011b78 Analogous#5e0178 Triadic#782301 Triadic#017823 Split complementary#785f01 Split complementary#1a7801

Navy in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 71, 99, 0, 53.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #230178 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

71 99 0 53

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

69 95 4 59

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Navy in css

Copy #230178 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #230178; }
.text { color: #230178; }
.border { border: 2px solid #230178; }

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 #230178 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #230178 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Navy on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #230178 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn navy into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #230178 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

Every value on this page for #230178 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.