000080 (navy) — RGB, HSL, CMYK and Contrast

Q: What text colour should sit on 000080?

Black gives 1.31:1 and white gives 16.01:1, so white wins at 16.01:1. That clears the 4.5:1 AA threshold for normal text and the 7:1 AAA threshold as well.

Every value recomputed from the hex code · WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios

A blue at 25% lightness and 100% saturation, which puts it at 16.01:1 against white and 1.31:1 against black. The tables below give the notation conversions, the tints and shades that keep the hue intact, and the harmonies that pair with it.

000080

Notation conversions

Notation	Value
HEX	`000080`
RGB	rgb(0, 0, 128)
HSL	hsl(240, 100%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(100%, 100%, 0%, 50%)
Relative luminance	0.0156
Perceived brightness	5.7 / 100

R=0 G=0 B=128 · hue 240.0° · saturation 100.0% · lightness 25.1%

Contrast against pure white and pure black

Pair this colour with the two extremes to see which is the safer text partner. AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; AAA raises that to 7:1 and 4.5:1.

Against	Hex	Ratio	AA text	AA large	AAA text
#FFFFFF	`white`	16.01:1	pass	pass	pass
#000000	`black`	1.31:1	fail	fail	fail

Tints and shades

Lightness moves in ten-point steps while hue and saturation stay fixed, which keeps the colour recognisable in a scale. The last column is the ratio against white text, useful for deciding where a scale stops working as a background.

Step	Hex	HSL	vs white text
shade -30	`#000000`	hsl(240, 100%, 0%)	21.00:1
shade -20	`#00001a`	hsl(240, 100%, 5%)	20.69:1
shade -10	`#00004d`	hsl(240, 100%, 15%)	18.97:1
tint +10	`#0000b3`	hsl(240, 100%, 35%)	12.72:1
tint +20	`#0000e6`	hsl(240, 100%, 45%)	9.80:1
tint +30	`#1a1aff`	hsl(240, 100%, 55%)	7.97:1

Harmonies

Scheme	Hex
Complementary	`#808000`
Analogous −30	`#004080`
Analogous +30	`#400080`
Triadic −120	`#008000`
Triadic +120	`#800000`

Read back from the notation table, 000080 is rgb(0, 0, 128), which normalises to hue 240.0° at 100.0% saturation and 25.1% lightness. Its relative luminance of 0.0156 is what produces the two ratios above: 16.01:1 against white and 1.31:1 against black, a gap of 14.70. Position 36 of 69 in the colour library, it darkens to #000000 thirty points lower on the lightness axis and lifts to #1a1aff thirty higher, while the complementary rotation lands on #808000.

Nearby colours

00FFFF aqua 40E0D0 turquoise 87CEEB skyblue 191970 midnightblue 3F51B5 Indigo 500 4682B4 steelblue

Frequently asked questions

What text colour should sit on 000080?
Black gives 1.31:1 and white gives 16.01:1, so white wins at 16.01:1. That clears the 4.5:1 AA threshold for normal text and the 7:1 AAA threshold as well.

Do the CMYK numbers match a print workflow?
They are the naive conversion from RGB, which assumes no ink limit, no colour profile and no black generation strategy. Real print work needs a profile-aware conversion; the values here are the ones the converter reports and are best used as a starting point for a designer rather than a press-ready separations file.

Convert any other colour, or test a pair against each other, in the ColrShift colour converter and contrast checker. The colour library groups every entry on this site by hue family.