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Navy Blue Clothing

3,377 navy blue styles from 144 brands, including Port Authority, Sport-Tek and Holloway, from $1.66. 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. We measured the actual fabric color of every colorway from supplier swatches and photos, so each product below is shown in a colorway that really is navy blue.

Navy Blue by garment:

Crewneck Sweatshirts (114)Hats (297)Hoodies (333)Jackets (340)Long Sleeve Shirts (244)Pants & Joggers (216)Polo Shirts (380)Quarter-Zips (240)Shorts (184)T-Shirts (493)Tank Tops (102)Vests (54)

Other blues:

Navy BlueRoyal BlueCarolina BlueLight BlueSapphire Blue

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 clothing on this page as Navy, True Navy, Dark Navy, Classic Navy, Collegiate Navy, Midnight Navy, Sport Dark Navy and Deep Navy.

Who wears navy blue

Navy is the default uniform color for businesses, schools and teams alike. Michigan, Notre Dame, Penn State, Virginia, Auburn, Georgetown and Illinois all use a navy blue as a primary color, and it's the most common choice for staff polos, company quarter-zips, healthcare and hospitality uniforms, and anything that has to look professional.

Dark blue is widely read as trustworthy, dependable and authoritative, which is a big part of why it dominates work and team wear.

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

3,377 styles from 144 brands, priced $1.66 to $331.11 (median $27.46). The most styles come from Port Authority (272), Sport-Tek (235), Holloway (160), Port & Company (119), Dickies (115), Badger Sport (102). 158 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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