Shades of Blue

Explore the most common shades of blue with their hex codes. Find the perfect blue for your next design project.

From the deepest, most saturated tones to the lightest pastels, blue appears in nearly every design discipline — branding, interiors, fashion, and digital UI. The 30 shades below are the most commonly used named variants of blue, each with a precise hex code you can copy directly into your design tool.

Looking for the right pairing? See colors that go with blue. Need a different format? Try our format converters for HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH, and CMYK.

Featured shade

Navy

Navy is the canonical blue in this collection. Below is its full breakdown across every common color format — useful when you need the same color in CSS, a design tool, or a print workflow.

HEX#000080
RGBrgb(0, 0, 128)
HSLhsl(240, 100%, 25%)
OKLCHoklch(27.1% 0.188 264)
CMYKcmyk(100%, 100%, 0%, 50%)

Colors that go with blue

Blue's complement is orange, so warm earth tones (terracotta, mustard, rust) bring it to life. Soft neutrals like cream, beige, and warm white keep it from feeling cold.

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