Navy and Cream color palette
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Open any stationery shop near a wedding venue and you'll find this pair on save-the-dates: deep navy ink on soft cream card stock. The is striking at 14.57 to 1, well past the threshold for easy reading, so small printed text stays crisp. Navy #1B263B is a cool, muted dark blue, and cream #FFFDD0 is a warm off-white with a faint yellow cast, which keeps the pairing from feeling stark.
In interiors, cream walls with navy upholstery or trim feel settled rather than loud. For branding, the combination reads as established and quietly confident. Their sit 158 degrees apart, giving the warm-cool split that makes the pairing feel balanced instead of harsh.
See Navy and Cream in use
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Navy Tailwind scale (50-900)
Cream Tailwind scale (50-900)
Navy to Cream blend
A continuous interpolation from Navy to Cream, sampled into the 10 steps below. Tap any swatch to copy its hex.
Why Navy and Cream blend best in OKLab
The same two colors blended three ways. This site uses OKLab, which keeps the blend smooth and evenly lit. The other two are shown so you can see what to avoid: sRGB darkens and muddies the middle, and HSL detours through colors that are not in your palette.
Accessibility
Navy and Cream can be used together as text and background.
Contrast pairing grid
Rows are Navy steps, columns are Cream steps. Each mark is a Navy step shown on a Cream step: a check means it clears WCAG AA for text (4.5:1). If you can read the mark, the pairing is legible.
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✓ passes AA ✗ fails AA
Copy for Tailwind
Tailwind v4 — @theme (paste into your CSS)
@theme {
--color-navy-50: #EFF0F2;
--color-navy-100: #E0E2E5;
--color-navy-200: #C7CAD0;
--color-navy-300: #A5AAB4;
--color-navy-400: #78808E;
--color-navy-500: #1B263B;
--color-navy-600: #141D2E;
--color-navy-700: #0C1321;
--color-navy-800: #04070F;
--color-navy-900: #010103;
--color-cream-50: #FFFFFC;
--color-cream-100: #FFFFFA;
--color-cream-200: #FFFFF5;
--color-cream-300: #FFFEEE;
--color-cream-400: #FFFEE6;
--color-cream-500: #FFFDD0;
--color-cream-600: #D1CFAA;
--color-cream-700: #9E9D80;
--color-cream-800: #5D5D4B;
--color-cream-900: #29281F;
}
Tailwind v3 — tailwind.config.js
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'navy': {
50: '#EFF0F2',
100: '#E0E2E5',
200: '#C7CAD0',
300: '#A5AAB4',
400: '#78808E',
500: '#1B263B',
600: '#141D2E',
700: '#0C1321',
800: '#04070F',
900: '#010103',
},
'cream': {
50: '#FFFFFC',
100: '#FFFFFA',
200: '#FFFFF5',
300: '#FFFEEE',
400: '#FFFEE6',
500: '#FFFDD0',
600: '#D1CFAA',
700: '#9E9D80',
800: '#5D5D4B',
900: '#29281F',
},
},
},
},
};
CSS variables
:root {
--navy-50: #EFF0F2;
--navy-100: #E0E2E5;
--navy-200: #C7CAD0;
--navy-300: #A5AAB4;
--navy-400: #78808E;
--navy-500: #1B263B;
--navy-600: #141D2E;
--navy-700: #0C1321;
--navy-800: #04070F;
--navy-900: #010103;
--cream-50: #FFFFFC;
--cream-100: #FFFFFA;
--cream-200: #FFFFF5;
--cream-300: #FFFEEE;
--cream-400: #FFFEE6;
--cream-500: #FFFDD0;
--cream-600: #D1CFAA;
--cream-700: #9E9D80;
--cream-800: #5D5D4B;
--cream-900: #29281F;
}SCSS variables
$navy-50: #EFF0F2; $navy-100: #E0E2E5; $navy-200: #C7CAD0; $navy-300: #A5AAB4; $navy-400: #78808E; $navy-500: #1B263B; $navy-600: #141D2E; $navy-700: #0C1321; $navy-800: #04070F; $navy-900: #010103; $cream-50: #FFFFFC; $cream-100: #FFFFFA; $cream-200: #FFFFF5; $cream-300: #FFFEEE; $cream-400: #FFFEE6; $cream-500: #FFFDD0; $cream-600: #D1CFAA; $cream-700: #9E9D80; $cream-800: #5D5D4B; $cream-900: #29281F;
JSON tokens
{
"navy": {
"50": "#EFF0F2",
"100": "#E0E2E5",
"200": "#C7CAD0",
"300": "#A5AAB4",
"400": "#78808E",
"500": "#1B263B",
"600": "#141D2E",
"700": "#0C1321",
"800": "#04070F",
"900": "#010103"
},
"cream": {
"50": "#FFFFFC",
"100": "#FFFFFA",
"200": "#FFFFF5",
"300": "#FFFEEE",
"400": "#FFFEE6",
"500": "#FFFDD0",
"600": "#D1CFAA",
"700": "#9E9D80",
"800": "#5D5D4B",
"900": "#29281F"
}
}How we name colors
There is no single official authority for naming colors. We use the common, widely recognized name as the primary label for each color (here, Navy and Cream); many common names are themselves W3C CSS named colors. For transparency we also show the nearest W3C CSS named color and the perceptual distance, ΔE, measured in OKLab. A small ΔE means the name is essentially exact; a larger one means it is the closest standard name rather than a perfect match.
Sources: W3C CSS Color Module Level 4 and the open color-name-list dataset, used to verify every color sits near a recognized name.