Navy blue is a dark shade of the color blue. 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 name, taken from the usual color of the uniforms of sailors, originally came into use in the early 19th century, 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. The United States Navy and some other navies use a very dark shade of navy blue which almost appears as black for some of their uniforms.