Naval Night Color

#011c39

Naval Night is soft, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #fee3c6
Complementary Color #391d01
Color Shade: blue cyan (211.07° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 11.37% (better contrasting with white)
Naval Night Color Sample
Naval Night Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #011c39

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Naval Night Color. The Midnight Melancholia color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Old Glory Blue (#002868) for more energetic effect. Try Night Dive as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#391d01 is the best complementary color to Naval Night. Warm red shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #011c39 complementary color is Brown Pod, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Midnight are #013739 and #020139. Thus found on the left and right of #011c39 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Deep Teal and Stratos colors as they work well with Naval Night.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Naval Night palette consists of #373901 and #390101 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#391d01). Try Madras and Chocolate colors in combination with #011c39, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #011c39 offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Naval Night. Thus Deep Fir and Toledo giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Naval Night contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Brown Pod, Barossa, and Deep Fir split by 90° on the color wheel. #011c39 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, warm red and mid green shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Naval Night tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#391d01) and two others. The Toledo is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cardin Green – 120° from the complementary Brown Pod. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #39011c and #01391e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #011c39 is made of 1% red, 33% green and 66% blue. In a HSL mode Naval Night has a hue angle of 211.07°, a saturation of 96.55% and a lightness of 11.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #011c39 is made of 21.96% cyan, 11.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 77.65% black ink.

HEX #011c39
RGB Decimal rgb(1,28,57)
RGB Percentage 1%, 33%, 66%
CMYK 21.96, 11.37, 0, 77.65
HSL hsl(211.07,96.55%,11.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(211.07,98.25%,22.35%)
CIE-LAB lab(10.0488,3.0465,-21.729)
XYZ xyz(1.1663,1.1324,4.028)
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