#000080 — Tints, Shades & Color Values

#000080

#000080 is a dark, vivid blue. It is exactly the CSS named color navy. For readable text on a #000080 background, white text gives the strongest contrast (16.01:1). Because it is dark, #000080 suits text, navigation bars, and footers on light backgrounds, and its tints make natural hover and surface colors.

Want to fine-tune this color interactively? Open #000080 in the tint & shade generator to explore the full lightness, hue, and chroma scales and copy any step.

Color Values

Hex#000080
RGBrgb(0, 0, 128)
HSLhsl(240, 100%, 25%)
HSV / HSB240°, 100%, 50%
Nearest namednavy (#000080)

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Tints of #000080 (Mixed with White)

Each step blends the base color toward white using new = old + (255 − old) × factor. Click a swatch to open it in the generator.

Shades of #000080 (Mixed with Black)

Each step blends the base color toward black using new = old × (1 − factor).

WCAG Contrast & Accessibility

Contrast ratios for text placed on a #000080 background. WCAG requires 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 3:1 for large text (AA), and 7:1 for normal text (AAA).

Text color White text 16.01:1 — AA normal: Pass · AA large: Pass · AAA: Pass
Black text 1.31:1 — AA normal: Fail · AA large: Fail · AAA: Fail

If neither pure white nor pure black reaches the level you need, pick a lighter tint of #000080 from the ramps above as the background instead — small lightness moves change contrast quickly.

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