CMYK Color

The color Navy blue is often represented by the code CMYK(46 42 0 44) which in a general sense, marks the composition proportions of primary colors. Using this code, we should be able to mix Cyan, Magenta, Blue and Black pgiments to get the same color depicted here. It is important to understand, that in practice, there is more than one way to mix pigments for Navy blue color using 4 color process. That is because CMYK colors don't really have a strict cross reference chart with names attributed to each shade variation. Some CMYK colors are named by various manufacturers and most CMYK color names that we pass around are designated by the general public. That's why we also suggest you to lookup these other three CMYK color candidates for Navy blue color here(1), here(2) and here(3) to see which one works better for you.

CMYK Color

Color name:Navy blue
CMYK (%):46% 42% 0% 44%
CMYK (dec):0.4627, 0.4157, 0.0000, 0.4431
rgb:24, 36, 142
hex:#18248E Details Here
hsv:233.8983, 0.8310, 0.5569
xyz:0.0589, 0.0341, 0.2594
lab:21.6109, 35.7372, -59.1304
lch:21.6109, 69.0909, 301.1479
CMYK Color: Cyan 46 Magenta 42 Yellow 0 Black 44 CMYK name: Navy blue
The image above depicts CMYK color sample that constitutes these base colors: Cyan 46 Magenta 42 Yellow 0 Black 44. Click to enlarge.
CMYK Composition build for Navy blue (preview)
CMYK Build for Navy blue color (Click to edit)