Rich Navy #001219

About this color

#001219 is a very dark, muted teal or cyan. In OKLCH its lightness is 17%, its chroma 0.031 and its hue 223°. Its hue sits on the cool side of the wheel. It is the named color Rich Navy. White text reads best on it, at 19.08:1.

Colors that go with Rich Navy

Matches found by rotating Rich Navy around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Rich Navy

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Rich Navy, closest first.

• Flurry Silence
• Mint Roadmap
• Paper Archive
• Fjord and Hoar
• Whiteboard Template
• Sensor Node
• Sensor Grid
• Sensor Stack

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Rich Navy, with their ΔE distance.

• Almost Black #070D0D ΔE 0.028
• Rich Black #0D1B2A ΔE 0.052
• Dark Navy Blue #00022E ΔE 0.074
• Dark Navy #000435 ΔE 0.076
• Midnight #03012D ΔE 0.076
• Very Dark Blue #000133 ΔE 0.081
• Very Dark Brown #1D0200 ΔE 0.087
• Navy Blue #001146 ΔE 0.091

More about Rich Navy

• Shades of black
• What black means

How to make Rich Navy

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 1 part black

Recipe result: #141414, a difference of ΔE 0.038 from Rich Navy. That is close; add a little more of one paint to match.

What colors make gray? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Rich Navy in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Rich Navy

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 950.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F2F6F8

   oklch(97.1% 0.005 228.8)

2. Step 100

   100

   #E3ECEF

   oklch(93.7% 0.01 219.6)

3. Step 200

   200

   #CBDCE3

   oklch(88.4% 0.021 224.3)

4. Step 300

   300

   #A8C6D2

   oklch(80.8% 0.036 224)

5. Step 400

   400

   #77A9BC

   oklch(70.6% 0.06 223.6)

6. Step 500

   500

   #5194AB

   oklch(63.1% 0.076 222.5)

7. Step 600

   600

   #327E96

   oklch(55.6% 0.082 222.2)

8. Step 700

   700

   #236A80

   oklch(49.1% 0.077 222.5)

9. Step 800

   800

   #205768

   oklch(42.8% 0.063 221.7)

10. Step 900

    900

    #204755

    oklch(37.6% 0.05 224.1)

11. Step 950

    950 (this color)

    #001219

    oklch(16.9% 0.031 222.7)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Rich Navy with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.