Navy

#280a74

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. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Navy color values

Every conversion for #280a74, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#280a74

RGB40, 10, 116

HSL257, 84%, 25%

HSV257, 91%, 45%

CMYK66%, 91%, 0%, 55%

Lab15.11, 41.77, -53.37

XYZ4.14, 1.93, 16.68

Decimal2624116

Web safe#330066

Pantone2755 C

Shades of navy

#220862 #1c0751 #190648 #16053f #130537 #10042e #0d0325 #0a021c

Tints of navy

#340d96 #3f10b7 #4b13d9 #5d24ec #7646ef #8f68f2 #a889f5 #c1abf8 #dacdfb #f3effe

Colors that go with navy

Complementary#56740a Analogous#0a2174 Analogous#5d0a74 Triadic#74280a Triadic#0a7428 Split complementary#745d0a Split complementary#21740a

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 66, 91, 0, 55.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #280a74 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

66 91 0 55

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

65 88 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Navy in css

Copy #280a74 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #280a74; }
.text { color: #280a74; }
.border { border: 2px solid #280a74; }

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 #280a74 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #280a74 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 #280a74 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 #280a74 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

Here is how the numbers for #280a74 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.