Naval Night

#011c39

Near-black naval blue, crisp and less smoky than neighbors

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About Naval Night

Picture a dark room with blue tape holding a blueprint in place, and this shade is the blue that still reads even when the screen brightness is low. Naval Night sits deeper than , but it doesn't go as condensed as , so it feels heavier at first glance yet stays clearly blue instead of turning murky.

What I like is that it lands between "ink" and "navy": the one you reach for when you want contrast that feels anchored without turning heavy, but with a slightly more saturated, more nocturnal undertone than . It shows up well in dashboards and finance apps for header bars, side-nav panels, and the filled states on primary buttons where you need focus without drifting toward icy cyan or collapsing toward near-black. I also see it work in logistics control rooms and fleet ops UIs, especially on dark surfaces with thin borders.

Pair it with crisp off-whites and keep your focus highlights restrained, because it can feel a notch too dominant if you stack it next to other deep blues back-to-back.

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WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.

On White #ffffff

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17.12:1AAA

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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15.71:1AAA

On Gray 900 #18181b

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1.03:1Fail

On Black #000000

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1.23:1Fail

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