Navy and Teal color palette
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Teal #0E7C86 carries enough green to read as its own color rather than just a brighter blue, which is what makes this pairing work. Against navy #1B263B, the teal looks lit from within, while the navy holds the background quiet and steady.
The two are only 58 degrees apart, so the combination feels cohesive rather than clashing. measures 3.06 to 1, enough for large headlines on navy but not for body text, so keep small type in white or a pale tint.
This pair suits financial and tech branding, conference posters, and product websites that want a serious base with one confident accent. A blended mid blue-green (#1E4F5F) works as a divider or hover state between them.
See Navy and Teal in use
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Navy Tailwind scale (50-900)
Teal Tailwind scale (50-900)
Navy to Teal blend
A continuous interpolation from Navy to Teal, sampled into the 10 steps below. Tap any swatch to copy its hex.
Why Navy and Teal 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
Do not place Navy text on Teal (or the reverse) for body copy. For readable text, pair a dark scale step such as navy-800 or teal-900 with a light one like teal-50.
Contrast pairing grid
Rows are Navy steps, columns are Teal steps. Each mark is a Navy step shown on a Teal 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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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-teal-50: #F2F7F7;
--color-teal-100: #E5EFF0;
--color-teal-200: #CFE1E3;
--color-teal-300: #B1CFD2;
--color-teal-400: #88B6BB;
--color-teal-500: #0E7C86;
--color-teal-600: #09646D;
--color-teal-700: #054A51;
--color-teal-800: #02292D;
--color-teal-900: #000E10;
}
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',
},
'teal': {
50: '#F2F7F7',
100: '#E5EFF0',
200: '#CFE1E3',
300: '#B1CFD2',
400: '#88B6BB',
500: '#0E7C86',
600: '#09646D',
700: '#054A51',
800: '#02292D',
900: '#000E10',
},
},
},
},
};
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;
--teal-50: #F2F7F7;
--teal-100: #E5EFF0;
--teal-200: #CFE1E3;
--teal-300: #B1CFD2;
--teal-400: #88B6BB;
--teal-500: #0E7C86;
--teal-600: #09646D;
--teal-700: #054A51;
--teal-800: #02292D;
--teal-900: #000E10;
}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; $teal-50: #F2F7F7; $teal-100: #E5EFF0; $teal-200: #CFE1E3; $teal-300: #B1CFD2; $teal-400: #88B6BB; $teal-500: #0E7C86; $teal-600: #09646D; $teal-700: #054A51; $teal-800: #02292D; $teal-900: #000E10;
JSON tokens
{
"navy": {
"50": "#EFF0F2",
"100": "#E0E2E5",
"200": "#C7CAD0",
"300": "#A5AAB4",
"400": "#78808E",
"500": "#1B263B",
"600": "#141D2E",
"700": "#0C1321",
"800": "#04070F",
"900": "#010103"
},
"teal": {
"50": "#F2F7F7",
"100": "#E5EFF0",
"200": "#CFE1E3",
"300": "#B1CFD2",
"400": "#88B6BB",
"500": "#0E7C86",
"600": "#09646D",
"700": "#054A51",
"800": "#02292D",
"900": "#000E10"
}
}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 Teal); 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.