Project stability with stately navy blue.
Inspire confidence, create trust, calm a heart, or present an emotion by learning to speak the language of color. Discover more about how to use navy blue.
This dark shade of the world's most popular color was once called marine blue and has been used by the British Navy since the eighteenth century. Navy blue represents trust and stability and is less attention-seeking than lighter shades of blue. Navy blue is conservative and evokes feelings of tradition and convention.
How to use navy blue.
Every hue has a color meaning that describes the feelings and emotions commonly associated with it. Understanding color psychology helps guide the use of color in your art projects. For example, use navy blue to project a feeling of solemn dignity.
Each color also has a color hex code. A hex code is a hexadecimal way to represent a color in RGB format by combining three red, green, and blue values in a particular shade of color. For example, navy blue’s hex code is #000080, and its RGB values are R:0, G:0, B:128.
Hue variations of navy blue with their hex codes include:
- STRONG BLUE — #0f52ba
- ROYAL BLUE — #4169e1
- BRIGHT BLUE — #4141e1
Colors that pair well with navy blue.
Wonderfully versatile, navy blue goes well with green, purple, and yellow. Like the deep blue sea at sunset, navy blue pairs well with shades of orange and red too.
Put science and psychology to work when choosing your color scheme. There’s more to it than just what pleases the eye. Enrich and amplify your message by speaking to your audience in the language of color. Add elements of navy blue to create projects that speak of trust and stability.
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