Navy and Gold color palette
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Navy #1B263B is a deep, slightly muted blue, dark enough to pass for a near-black, while Gold #D4AF37 lifts off it as warm metallic ink or foil. They sit 172 degrees apart on the wheel and the measures 7.2 to 1, so gold text on a navy ground stays sharp even at small sizes.
Wedding stationery leans on the pair for that reason, and interiors use it the same way: a navy wall absorbs light while gold frames and hardware catch it. In branding it reads as heritage and money, which is why law firms, hotels, and private banks use it. For a quieter middle tone, their blend lands on a muted olive-brown (#716848).
See Navy and Gold in use
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Navy Tailwind scale (50-900)
Gold Tailwind scale (50-900)
Navy to Gold blend
A continuous interpolation from Navy to Gold, sampled into the 10 steps below. Tap any swatch to copy its hex.
Why Navy and Gold 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 Gold can be used together as text and background.
Contrast pairing grid
Rows are Navy steps, columns are Gold steps. Each mark is a Navy step shown on a Gold 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-gold-50: #FCFAF4;
--color-gold-100: #FAF6E9;
--color-gold-200: #F6EED8;
--color-gold-300: #EFE3BE;
--color-gold-400: #E7D49B;
--color-gold-500: #D4AF37;
--color-gold-600: #AD8F2B;
--color-gold-700: #836B1E;
--color-gold-800: #4C3D0E;
--color-gold-900: #201803;
}
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',
},
'gold': {
50: '#FCFAF4',
100: '#FAF6E9',
200: '#F6EED8',
300: '#EFE3BE',
400: '#E7D49B',
500: '#D4AF37',
600: '#AD8F2B',
700: '#836B1E',
800: '#4C3D0E',
900: '#201803',
},
},
},
},
};
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;
--gold-50: #FCFAF4;
--gold-100: #FAF6E9;
--gold-200: #F6EED8;
--gold-300: #EFE3BE;
--gold-400: #E7D49B;
--gold-500: #D4AF37;
--gold-600: #AD8F2B;
--gold-700: #836B1E;
--gold-800: #4C3D0E;
--gold-900: #201803;
}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; $gold-50: #FCFAF4; $gold-100: #FAF6E9; $gold-200: #F6EED8; $gold-300: #EFE3BE; $gold-400: #E7D49B; $gold-500: #D4AF37; $gold-600: #AD8F2B; $gold-700: #836B1E; $gold-800: #4C3D0E; $gold-900: #201803;
JSON tokens
{
"navy": {
"50": "#EFF0F2",
"100": "#E0E2E5",
"200": "#C7CAD0",
"300": "#A5AAB4",
"400": "#78808E",
"500": "#1B263B",
"600": "#141D2E",
"700": "#0C1321",
"800": "#04070F",
"900": "#010103"
},
"gold": {
"50": "#FCFAF4",
"100": "#FAF6E9",
"200": "#F6EED8",
"300": "#EFE3BE",
"400": "#E7D49B",
"500": "#D4AF37",
"600": "#AD8F2B",
"700": "#836B1E",
"800": "#4C3D0E",
"900": "#201803"
}
}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 Gold); 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.