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rgb(65, 114, 159)
#41729F

Naval #41729F RGB Color Code

Name from the community color list.

Naval (#41729F) is a moderately saturated, medium blue. In RGB it is made of 25% red, 45% green and 62% blue (R 65, G 114, B 159). The blue channel is the strongest. In HSL it has a hue of 209°, 42% saturation and 44% lightness. Its relative luminance is 0.157, so white text is easier to read on top of it. For print, a rough CMYK match is 59% cyan, 28% magenta, 0% yellow and 38% black. Check it against your printer's ICC profile before you print. It is a cool color. It goes well with warm oranges and reds for contrast. For a calm, matching look, use nearby cool tones.

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Naval color codes

#41729F in every common color format. Click a value to copy it.

FormatValueNotesCopy
HEX #41729F Valid CSS
RGB rgb(65, 114, 159) Valid CSS
HSL hsl(209, 42%, 44%) Valid CSS
HSV / HSB hsv(209, 59%, 62%) Not a CSS format
HWB hwb(209 25% 38%) Valid CSS
CMYK cmyk(59%, 28%, 0%, 38%) Approximate (no ICC profile)
OKLCH oklch(53.74% 0.0888 247.87) Valid CSS
OKLab oklab(53.74% -0.0335 -0.0823) Valid CSS
CIELAB lab(46.1% -6.47 -29.84) D50, as in CSS
CIELCH lch(46.1% 30.53 257.77) Valid CSS
Display P3 color(display-p3 0.3002 0.4423 0.6087) Valid CSS
XYZ (D65) color(xyz-d65 0.1445 0.1566 0.3506) Valid CSS
Decimal 4289183 Integer (0xRRGGBB)

CMYK here is a rough screen match without an ICC profile. See CMYK and print. Relative luminance: 0.1566. Nearest web-safe color: #336699.

Mix Naval with other colors

See what #41729F makes with red paint, under a green light, printed with cyan ink and in a digital blend with blue. Click a picture to change the colors and amounts in the color mixer.

Use Naval in your code

Ready to paste into CSS, Sass, Tailwind, iOS, Android and Flutter. Click the icon to copy a line.

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CSS variable--naval: #41729F;
Sass variable$naval: #41729F;
Tailwind CSS v4@theme { --color-naval: #41729F; }
Tailwind CSS v3 configcolors: { 'naval': '#41729F' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.255, green: 0.447, blue: 0.624)
UIKitUIColor(red: 0.255, green: 0.447, blue: 0.624, alpha: 1)
Android XML<color name="naval">#FF41729F</color>
Flutter and Jetpack ComposeColor(0xFF41729F)

Accessibility and contrast

White text works best on #41729F (5.08:1, AA). Here is how #41729F does as a text color:

Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
5.08:1 on white
APCA Lc 75
AA
Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
4.13:1 on black
APCA Lc -27
AA LargeTry #4778A5

Check this color against any background in the contrast checker. WCAG ratios and APCA Lc values measure different things, so one can't stand in for the other. Learn more.

How people with color blindness see Naval

#41729F next to its complement and its two triadic colors, as seen with each type of color blindness.

  • Normal visionhow most people see it
  • Protanopiano red cones, about 1% of men
  • Deuteranopiano green cones, the most common type
  • Tritanopiano blue cones, very rare
  • Achromatopsiano color at all, very rare

With deuteranopia, #41729F and #9F4172 look much alike. Don't use these colors alone to tell things apart, for example in a chart. Add labels, patterns or a difference in lightness. Try your own colors in the color blindness simulator.

Naval in a user interface

A sample app screen with #41729F as the main color, on a light and a dark theme.

Light theme

Dark theme

Buttons and bars use #41729F as it is. On the dark theme, #41729F is too hard to read as text (3.49:1), so links, the badge and outline text use #5384B2 there (4.49:1). Build a full color scheme around it in the UI color preview.

Color harmonies for Naval

These schemes turn the hue of #41729F around the color wheel. Each swatch links to its own page.

Complementary

Two colors on opposite sides of the wheel. This gives the most contrast.

Open palette

Analogous

Hues that sit next to each other and look good together.

Open palette

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel. Bold, but still balanced.

Open palette

Split complementary

A base color plus the two hues on each side of its opposite. Strong contrast that clashes less.

Open palette

Tetradic (rectangle)

Two pairs of opposite colors. Let one color lead and use the others less.

Open palette

Square

Four hues 90° apart, spread evenly around the wheel.

Open palette

Monochromatic

One hue at different levels of lightness and saturation.

Open palette

Gradients with Naval

Four CSS gradients made from #41729F. Copy the code, or open one in the gradient generator to change it.

Soft tint

From a pale tint to the full color.

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #D8E2EC, #41729F);

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Deep shade

The color fading into a dark shade.

background: linear-gradient(180deg, #41729F, #0B1B29);

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Analogous

Its two neighbors on the color wheel.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #419F9D, #41729F, #41439F);

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Triadic

A bold blend with a triadic color, through a clean middle.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #41729F, #7A5E89, #9F4172);

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Shades, tints and tones of Naval

Shades are darker, tints are lighter and tones are grayer. We make them in OKLCH so the steps look even. Hover a step to see its code, or click it to open it.

Design system scale (50 to 950)

Naval sits at step 600. Export the full scale as CSS variables or Tailwind tokens from the picker.

  1. 50
    F0F8FF
  2. 100
    DFEFFF
  3. 200
    BEDFFF
  4. 300
    9CC6EE
  5. 400
    78A8D6
  6. 500
    598BB9
  7. 600
    41729F
  8. 700
    2D5980
  9. 800
    204566
  10. 900
    17324B
  11. 950
    101E2C

Closest RAL, Tailwind and CSS colors

The nearest match to #41729F in three color systems that designers and builders use.

ΔE is the distance in OKLab: under 2 is hard to see, over 10 is a clearly different color. Browse all RAL colors, the Tailwind palette or the 148 CSS color names. RAL values on screens are only a guide, so check a real color chart before you order paint.

The named colors that look closest to this one (ΔE in OKLab). Browse all shades of blue or search the color library.