Navy blue is a very dark shade of the color blue almost appears as black. Navy blue got its name from the dark blue (contrasted with white) worn by officers in the British Royal Navy since 1748 and subsequently adopted by other navies around the world.

When this color, taken from the usual color of the uniforms of sailors, originally came into use in the early 1800s, it was initially called marine blue, but the name of the color soon changed to navy blue.

The first recorded use of Navy blue as a color name in English was in 1840.
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Other variations of navy blue

• Navy blue variation 1 (Hex: #0A0A85) RGB (10, 10, 133)
• Navy blue variation 2 (Hex: #14148A) RGB (20, 20, 138)
• Navy blue variation 3 (Hex: #242492) RGB (36, 36, 146)
• Navy blue variation 4 (Hex: #333399) RGB (51, 51, 153)
• Navy blue variation 5 (Hex: #4C4CA6) RGB (76, 76, 166)
• Navy blue variation 6 (Hex: #00007B) RGB (0, 0, 123)
• Navy blue variation 7 (Hex: #000076) RGB (0, 0, 118)
• Navy blue variation 8 (Hex: #00006E) RGB (0, 0, 110)
• Navy blue variation 9 (Hex: #000067) RGB (0, 0, 103)
• Navy blue variation 10 (Hex: #00005A) RGB (0, 0, 90)

Navy blue in human culture

Clothing

• A blazer, which is usually colored navy blue, is a special type of sportcoat with brass buttons that is often worn at special occasions such as at graduations, when eating at gourmet restaurants, or when yachting.

Computers

• The color navy was on the original 16 HTML/CSS colors initially formulated for standardized computer display in the late 1980s.

Military

• In the United States Navy and the Canadian Forces Maritime Command, uniforms which are called navy blue (e.g. Working Blues and Service Dress Blues in the US, and uniforms 1, 1A, 2B, 3, 3A, 3B (winter), 3C in Canada) are, in actuality, colored black. For the U.S. Navy, an OPNAV Information Bulletin from the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations states "The new uniform will be black rather than the present Navy blue," while Canadian Forces Dress Instructions for naval units and members specify that, " 'navy blue' is a tone of black" . (See also Uniforms of the United States Navy and Uniforms of the Canadian Forces).

Sororities

• Navy Blue and maroon are the official colors of Delta Xi Phi.

Music

• Navy Blue is the name of an album by Diane Renay (all the songs on the CD are about sailors).

• NAVY BLUE is the title of a single by Rina Aiuchi which was related on October 3, 2001.

Sports
Navy blue is used by numerous professional and collegiate sports teams:

• Association Football

• Scottish national team

• Australian Football League

• Carlton Blues

• Major League Baseball

• Atlanta Braves

• Detroit Tigers

• Milwaukee Brewers

• New York Yankees

• San Diego Padres

• Seattle Mariners

• Tampa Bay Rays

• Major League Soccer

• Los Angeles Galaxy

• New England Revolution

• Philadelphia Union

• National Basketball Association

• Atlanta Hawks

• Cleveland Cavaliers

• Indiana Pacers

• Memphis Grizzlies

• New Jersey Nets

• Utah Jazz

• National Football League

• Buffalo Bills

• Chicago Bears

• Denver Broncos

• New England Patriots

• San Diego Chargers

• St. Louis Rams

• Seattle Seahawks

• National Hockey League

• Buffalo Sabres

• Edmonton Oilers

• Florida Panthers

• Nashville Predators

• New York Islanders

• National Rugby League

• Melbourne Storm

• Collegiate Teams

• University of Arizona

• Auburn University

• Florida Atlantic University

• Georgetown University

• University of Michigan

• Pennsylvania State University

• United States Naval Academy