Where navy blue shorts get worn
Navy shorts are team, practice and gym shorts for navy programs, and a common uniform short for camps and staff. Dark blue is widely read as trustworthy, dependable and authoritative, which is a big part of why it dominates work and team wear.
What counts as navy blue
Navy Blue
#262E42
Navy blue is the darkest blue, just short of black. Suppliers sell it as Navy, True Navy, Classic Navy, Dark Navy, Midnight Navy and more; under good light it reads clearly blue, which is what separates it from charcoal and black. The swatch shows our reference color, #262E42: the median fabric color of every in-stock garment sold under a navy blue name. A colorway is listed on this page only if its measured fabric color is close enough to read as the same color side by side.
Suppliers sell the shorts on this page as Navy, Dark Navy, True Navy, Sport Dark Navy, Collegiate Navy, Vintage Blue and Team Navy Blue.
Navy Blue in school colors
These schools use a navy blue in their official palettes. Each link has the official HEX, RGB, CMYK and Pantone values: University of Michigan school colors, University of Notre Dame school colors, Pennsylvania State University school colors, University of Virginia school colors, Auburn University school colors, Georgetown University school colors, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign school colors, University of Arizona school colors and University of Mississippi school colors.
Printing and embroidery on navy blue
Almost any light ink works on navy: white, gold, silver, light gray and bright colors all show up cleanly. Black and dark green disappear. Navy also hides wear and stains well, which matters for work shirts.
What's available
184 styles from 24 brands, priced $4.66 to $81.15 (median $18.43). The most styles come from Holloway (27), Badger Sport (21), Badger (20), Sport-Tek (17), C2 (14), Dickies (14). 6 of them are heathers, which read slightly lighter and softer than the solid color. Need a quantity for a team, school or company? We take purchase orders and can decorate or custom-make garments.
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