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Navy & Gold Bathroom Color Scheme

A moody, glam bathroom built on deep navy cabinets, warm cream walls, and soft gold accents, all matched to real paint you can buy.

By Mark Thompson · Pro Contractor & Field Editor

Start with the Deep Navy on your vanity or cabinets and the whole bathroom feels instantly grown-up. It is dark and quiet in the best way, the kind of color that turns an everyday room into something that feels like a small hotel. Navy hides splashes and fingerprints far better than pale wood, so it stays looking sharp, and under warm bulbs it glows instead of going flat. This is the anchor everything else leans on.

To keep the room from feeling closed in, the walls go Warm Cream, a soft, creamy light that lifts the space and bounces the light around. Then Soft Gold brings the glam, on a mirror frame, the faucet, a little hardware, or a single painted accent. So: navy on the cabinets, cream on the walls, and gold in the metal touches and trim details, and you get a bathroom that looks luxe without trying too hard.

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Deep Navy
cabinets
Valspar Nightfall · 8003-46G
#2A364E
LRV 4
Warm Cream
walls
C2 Paint Breathless · C2-595
#ECE5D5
LRV 79
Soft Gold
accent
Behr Spiced Mustard · S300-5
#B6954F
LRV 32

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Each color matched to the closest real paint in every brand, by ΔE2000. Tap a swatch for its full guide or + to save it — take any SKU to the store, they mix on demand.

Deep Navy
#28344A · LRV 3 · cabinets
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9178 · ΔE 4.06
Behr · 760F-7 · ΔE 3.54
Benjamin Moore · 2063-10 · ΔE 2.03
Valspar · 8003-46G · ΔE 1.1
PPG / Glidden · PPG1165-7 · ΔE 5.64
Glidden · 00NN 05/000 · ΔE 11.28
Dutch Boy · 338-7DB · ΔE 3.17
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3331 · ΔE 10.79
Dunn-Edwards · DEA185 · ΔE 3.16
Magnolia Home · JG-05 · ΔE 7.75
Farrow & Ball · NO. 256 · ΔE 12.39
Diamond Vogel · H101 · ΔE 10.96
Hirshfield's · 0522 · ΔE 8.19
Rodda · CA210 · ΔE 6.46
C2 Paint · BD49 · ΔE 10.3
Clare · PNT100-DP-54 · ΔE 14.36
Portola Paints · GHOST TREE · ΔE 9.56
Annie Sloan · NAPOLEONIC BLUE · ΔE 5.24
Backdrop · BD-LC · ΔE 6.2
Rust-Oleum · 285144 · ΔE 10
Kompozit · 0522 · ΔE 8.19
Warm Cream
#ECE5D5 · LRV 79 · walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7013 · ΔE 1.27
Behr · PPL-67 · ΔE 1.18
Benjamin Moore · 970 · ΔE 0.94
Valspar · 3006-10C · ΔE 0.42
PPG / Glidden · PPG1112-1 · ΔE 1.05
Glidden · PPG1112-1 · ΔE 1.4
Dutch Boy · 017W · ΔE 1.19
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4034 · ΔE 1.04
Dunn-Edwards · DEW351 · ΔE 0.75
Magnolia Home · JG-16 · ΔE 0.89
Farrow & Ball · NO. 9812 · ΔE 1.09
Diamond Vogel · OW2 · ΔE 1.68
Hirshfield's · 0376 · ΔE 0.98
Rodda · CA016 · ΔE 1.72
C2 Paint · C2-595 · ΔE 0
Clare · PNT100-LT-62 · ΔE 1.82
Portola Paints · MARIPOSA · ΔE 1.31
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 9.27
Backdrop · BD-DS · ΔE 3.07
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 4.35
Kompozit · 0376 · ΔE 0.98
Soft Gold
#B8964F · LRV 33 · accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6396 · ΔE 2.32
Behr · S300-5 · ΔE 0.48
Benjamin Moore · 2151-30 · ΔE 0.94
Valspar · P090 · ΔE 2.25
PPG / Glidden · PPG1106-6 · ΔE 2.08
Glidden · PPG1108-7 · ΔE 2.95
Dutch Boy · 319-6DB · ΔE 2.32
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2203 · ΔE 2.09
Dunn-Edwards · DET497 · ΔE 2.57
Magnolia Home · JG-152 · ΔE 8.58
Farrow & Ball · NO. 45 · ΔE 7.37
Diamond Vogel · 0899 · ΔE 3
Hirshfield's · H0029 · ΔE 1.57
Rodda · R053 · ΔE 2.62
C2 Paint · C2-648 · ΔE 3.47
Clare · PNT100-DP-59 · ΔE 4.66
Portola Paints · BANDELIER · ΔE 10.29
Annie Sloan · CHATEAU GREY · ΔE 10.61
Backdrop · BD-AN · ΔE 13.82
Rust-Oleum · 398640 · ΔE 13.79
Kompozit · 0885 · ΔE 2.16

Questions

Is navy too dark for a small bathroom?

Not when you keep it on the lower cabinets or vanity and let the walls stay light. The deep navy reads rich rather than heavy, and the warm cream above it keeps the whole room feeling open.

What metal finish goes with navy and gold paint?

Brushed or aged brass is the natural match here, and it ties straight into the soft gold accent. Skip cool chrome, as it fights the warmth of this scheme.

Will the cream walls look dingy next to the navy?

No, the cream is warm enough to feel soft and clean, not yellow. Set against the deep navy it actually looks brighter, like candlelight against a dark wall.

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