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Navy blue
About these coordinatesColor coordinates
Hex triplet#000080
sRGBB(r,g,b)(0, 0, 128)
HSV(h,s,v)(240°, 100%, 50%)
CIELChuv(L,C,h)(13, 52, 266°)
SourceHTML/CSS[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid blue
B:Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H:Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Navy blueis a dark shade of thecolorblue.

French sailor in dark blue uniform

Navy blue got its name from the dark blue (contrasted with naval white) worn by officers in theRoyal Navysince 1748 and subsequently adopted by othernaviesaround the world. When this color name, taken from the usual color of theuniformsofsailors,originally came into use in the early 19th century, it was initially calledmarine blue,but the name of the color soon changed tonavy blue.[2]

An early use ofnavy blueas a color name in English was in 1840[3]though theOxford English Dictionaryhas a citation from 1813.

Variations

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Indigo dye

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Main article:Indigo § Indigo dye
Indigo dye
About these coordinatesColor coordinates
Hex triplet#091F92
sRGBB(r,g,b)(9, 31, 146)
HSV(h,s,v)(230°, 94%, 57%)
CIELChuv(L,C,h)(20, 70, 264°)
SourceGallego and Sanz[4]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid blue
B:Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Indigo dye is the color that is calledAñil(theSpanishword for "indigo dye" ) in theGuía de coloraciones(Guide to colorations) by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in theHispanophonerealm.

Indigo dye is the basis for all the historical navy blue colors, since in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th century, almost all navy uniforms were made by dyeing them with various shades of indigo dye.

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Navy blue (Crayola)
About these coordinatesColor coordinates
Hex triplet#0066CC
sRGBB(r,g,b)(0, 102, 204)
HSV(h,s,v)(210°, 100%, 80%)
CIELChuv(L,C,h)(44, 93, 255°)
SourceCrayola
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid blue
B:Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

TheCrayolacolor named "navy blue" is not as dark a shade as the blues actually used by navies.

This tone of navy blue was formulated as a Crayola color in 1958.

Peacoat

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Peacoat
About these coordinatesColor coordinates
Hex triplet#2B2E43
sRGBB(r,g,b)(43, 46, 67)
HSV(h,s,v)(232°, 36%, 26%)
CIELChuv(L,C,h)(20, 15, 262°)
SourcePantone TCX
ISCC–NBS descriptorDark purplish blue
B:Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The source of this color is thePantonetextile cotton extended color list, color #19-3920 TCX—peacoat.

Persian indigo

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Main article:Persian blue § Persian indigo
Persian Indigo
About these coordinatesColor coordinates
Hex triplet#32127A
sRGBB(r,g,b)(50, 18, 122)
HSV(h,s,v)(258°, 85%, 48%)
CIELChuv(L,C,h)(18, 56, 272°)
Source[1]/Maerz and Paul[5]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid purplish blue
B:Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The colorPersian indigois displayed at right. Another name for this color isregimentalbecause in the 19th century it was commonly used by many nations for navy uniforms, though it is seldom used in modern times.

Persian indigois named for an association with a product from Persia: Persian cloth dyed withindigo.

The first recorded use ofregimental(the original name for the color now called Persian indigo) as a color name in English was in 1912.[6]

Space cadet

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Main article:Cadet grey § Space cadet
Space cadet
About these coordinatesColor coordinates
Hex triplet#1E2952
sRGBB(r,g,b)(30, 41, 82)
HSV(h,s,v)(227°, 63%, 32%)
CIELChuv(L,C,h)(18, 29, 260°)
SourceResene
ISCC–NBS descriptorDark blue
B:Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Space cadetis one of the colors on the Resene Color List,[7]a color list widely popular inAustraliaandNew Zealand.The color was formulated in 2007.

This color is apparently a formulation of an impression of the color that cadets inspace navytraining would wear.

In culture

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Computers

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Navy Blue (HTML)
About these coordinatesColor coordinates
Hex triplet#000080
sRGBB(r,g,b)(0, 0, 128)
HSV(h,s,v)(240°, 100%, 50%)
CIELChuv(L,C,h)(13, 52, 266°)
Source[2]
B:Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
  • The colornavywas one of the original 16HTML/CSScolors initially formulated for standardizedcomputerdisplay in the late 1980s.

Military

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Music

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  • Navy Blueis an album byDiane Renay(all the songs are about sailors).[9]

Sports

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Navy blue is used by numerous professional andcollegiate sportsteams:

See also

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References

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  1. ^"CSS Color Module Level 3".w3.org.19 June 2018.
  2. ^Maerz and PaulA Dictionary of ColorNew York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 168 Discussion of colornavy blue
  3. ^Maerz and PaulA Dictionary of ColorNew York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 103; Color Sample of Navy blue: Page 131 Plate 40 Color Sample E11
  4. ^Gallego, Rosa; Sanz, Juan Carlos (2005).Guía de coloraciones(Gallego, Rosa; Sanz, Juan Carlos (2005).Guide to Colorations) Madrid: H. Blume.ISBN84-89840-31-8
  5. ^The color displayed in the color box above matches the color calledregimentalin the 1930 book by Maerz and PaulA Dictionary of ColorNew York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the colorregimentalis displayed on page 117, Plate 47, Color Sample C10.
  6. ^Maerz and PaulA Dictionary of ColorNew York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203 (It is also stated under the entry onPersian Blueon page 201 that the color on Plate 47 Color Sample C10 (regimental) is a [darker] tone of Persian Blue.); color sample of Regimental: Page 117 Plate 47 Color Sample C10
  7. ^"Resene Color List".Archivedfrom the original on 11 July 2024.Retrieved24 July2024.
  8. ^"Canadian Forces Dress Instructions"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 26 March 2009.
  9. ^"Diane Renay".Archived fromthe originalon 4 April 2007.Retrieved30 October2016.
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