Navy is one of the more considered colour choices for window blinds - it sits between the obvious neutrality of grey or white and the commitment of a stronger accent, and it works in rooms where you want colour that recedes rather than shouts. This guide covers six made-to-measure ranges across the main blind types: roller, roman, venetian, vertical, pleated and day-and-night. The picks come from five UK retailers and reflect the range of navy options actually available, not a theoretical shortlist.
What navy means in blind fabric
Navy as a colour category is broader than it looks in a paint chart. Across the picks below you'll encounter finishes named Midnight Blue, Midnight Navy, Navy, Sapphire, Brittany, Empire and Indigo - all distinct shades, some cooler and more purple-leaning, others warmer and closer to royal blue. Midnight shades tend to be the deepest, close to near-black in artificial light; Sapphire and Brittany typically carry more visible blue.
This matters because the name on the retailer's website is not a standardised colour reference. Two ranges calling their shade "navy" will look different in your room. The only reliable approach is to order samples before committing to a made-to-measure blind.
Dark fabrics also absorb light rather than reflecting it, which affects how a room feels with the blind down. A blackout or dimout navy fabric will make a room noticeably darker than the equivalent white or cream fabric with the same light-control rating. In a bedroom that can be an asset; in a kitchen or home office it's worth weighing against a lighter finish.
What to look for
Light control and room use. Navy's ability to absorb light makes it a natural match for bedrooms and media rooms, where reducing ambient brightness is part of the goal. For living rooms, consider whether a dimout navy suits your daytime needs - with the blind down you'll lose a significant portion of natural light. Day-and-night and venetian blinds give you angle adjustment to manage this; roman and roller blinds are more binary.
Fabric weight and hang. Heavier fabrics hang straighter and move less in a draught. For roller blinds, a dimout or blackout fabric is generally denser than a sheer, which helps with the clean, flat look navy does well. Roman blinds fold into stacked pleats at the top when raised, and the weight of the fabric affects how neatly those folds sit.
Fitting type. All the picks here are made-to-measure. Whether you fit inside the recess or outside (face-fixed) affects how much light you get around the edges. For dark bedrooms, face-fixing a blind and allowing a generous overlap onto the wall is the practical choice; a tight inside recess fit with a dark fabric looks clean but leaks light around the edges. Perfect-fit frames (as used by the Kana pleated blind) eliminate this problem on UPVC windows entirely.
Slat material for venetians. The Spirit venetian uses 25mm aluminium slats. Aluminium is lightweight, easy to wipe clean, and works well in kitchens and bathrooms where real wood would be a problem. The narrower 25mm slat gives a more contemporary appearance than the wider 50mm alternative and stacks more compactly when raised.
Vane width and room scale for verticals. Vertical blinds are the standard choice for wide openings and patio doors. The 89mm vane width typical of the Bella range suits most residential windows; wider vanes would look out of proportion on a narrow window.
Navy for UPVC windows without drilling. Perfect-fit pleated blinds attach to the rubber seal around a UPVC window frame rather than to walls or ceilings. If you're renting, or if you're reluctant to drill into UPVC frames, this is the only option in the picks that works this way. The trade-off is price - perfect-fit blinds start significantly higher than standard made-to-measure options.
Our picks
Splash Twist Roller
at Swift Direct Blinds
A wide-palette roller from Swift Direct Blinds offering three blue shades - Brittany Blue, Classic Blue and Midnight Blue - plus Indigo and Smoke Blue, from £8.36 made-to-measure.
Laura Ashley
at Blinds By Post
The Laura Ashley range at Blinds By Post includes dedicated Midnight Navy prints across several designs, with 134 finishes from £20.57 - unusually deep choice for roman blinds in this colour.
Spirit Cool L-shaped Venetian Blind - 25mm Slat
at Blinds 2go
The Spirit Cool L-shaped Venetian from Blinds 2go is a 25mm aluminium blind designed to fit L-shaped bay windows, starting from £8.60.
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Bella 127mm
at Blinds By Post
The Bella vertical range at Blinds By Post runs to 55 finishes - including Midnight, Sapphire, Empire and Brittany - from £10.70 made-to-measure.
Kana Perfect Fit Pleated
at So Easy Blinds
Kana Perfect Fit Pleated Blinds from So Easy Blinds clip directly into UPVC window frames without drilling, with Navy Blue as one of 7 finishes from £120.93.
Enjoy Roller
at Blinds 2go
The Enjoy Roller Blind from Blinds 2go is a day-and-night design with both Midnight Blue and Navy in its 24-finish palette, from £12.92.
Pick details
Splash Twist Roller
at Swift Direct Blinds
A wide-palette roller from Swift Direct Blinds offering three blue shades - Brittany Blue, Classic Blue and Midnight Blue - plus Indigo and Smoke Blue, from £8.36 made-to-measure.
The Splash Twist from Swift Direct Blinds is a straightforward made-to-measure roller with a wide colour spread. For navy specifically, it offers five blue-family options: Brittany Blue, Classic Blue, Midnight Blue, Indigo Blue and Smoke Blue. Midnight Blue will read as the deepest of these in most lighting conditions; Smoke Blue is noticeably lighter and more muted. Brittany is a cleaner mid-blue. The range runs to 35 finishes in total, so if you want to match it to other colourways in the same room there is decent scope.
At from made-to-measure, this is an accessible entry point for a straightforward roller. Roller blinds in this format are the easiest type to install and maintain, and a stiffened polyester fabric at this price point is the practical default for most rooms. If you need genuine blackout performance, confirm the light-control rating of the specific finish you choose before ordering.
Laura Ashley
at Blinds By Post
The Laura Ashley range at Blinds By Post includes dedicated Midnight Navy prints across several designs, with 134 finishes from £20.57 - unusually deep choice for roman blinds in this colour.
The Laura Ashley range at Blinds By Post is the most extensive option in the picks for anyone who wants a pattern rather than a plain colour. Within the 134 finishes, several are explicitly navy or midnight: Hawling Irises Midnight Navy, Lloyd Midnight Navy, Summerhill Midnight Navy, Cecilia Midnight, Painterly Stars Midnight, Rosemore Midnight, Tiverton Stripe Midnight and Tulleries Midnight are all present. The distinction between "Midnight" and "Midnight Navy" in the range names is worth checking directly with the retailer.
Roman blinds are the choice when you want a blind that reads as soft furnishing rather than window hardware. The fabric folds at the top when raised rather than rolling onto a tube, which means more of the pattern stays visible even when the blind is up. The stack does sit at the top of the window, so if your recess is shallow the folds will eat into your light opening.
From , this is priced at the more considered end relative to a standard roller, which reflects both the roman mechanism and the licensed fabric. If a plain navy roman is sufficient and you don't need a specific print, there are simpler options in the roman category; the Laura Ashley range earns its price for the pattern and print depth.
Spirit Cool L-shaped Venetian Blind - 25mm Slat
at Blinds 2go
The Spirit Cool L-shaped Venetian from Blinds 2go is a 25mm aluminium blind designed to fit L-shaped bay windows, starting from £8.60.
The Spirit Cool L-shaped Venetian from Blinds 2go is specifically designed for L-shaped or angled bay windows - a niche that standard venetian blinds don't address directly. The 25mm aluminium slat is the classic venetian format: lightweight, easy to clean, and suitable for kitchens and bathrooms as well as living rooms and bedrooms. Aluminium venetians are the practical choice where moisture is a factor; real wood would warp in the same conditions.
The venetian mechanism gives you something roller and roman blinds don't: continuous slat-angle adjustment. You can tilt the slats to admit diffused light without raising the blind, which is particularly useful for a sitting room or home office where you want glare control without full darkness. In a closed position with the slats overlapping, venetians provide effective light exclusion.
Starting from , the L-shaped capability is the primary reason to choose this over a standard venetian. If your window is a conventional rectangle, a standard venetian blind may give you more finish choice; the Spirit Cool's value is the bay-window fit.
Bella 127mm
at Blinds By Post
The Bella vertical range at Blinds By Post runs to 55 finishes - including Midnight, Sapphire, Empire and Brittany - from £10.70 made-to-measure.
The Bella vertical from Blinds By Post is the pick for wide windows and patio doors. Vertical blinds are the natural choice for horizontal openings that would require an unwieldy single roller or several side-by-side rollers; the vanes slide along a track and stack neatly to one side when fully open, keeping the entire opening clear.
For navy, the Bella range has four clear options: Midnight, Sapphire, Empire and Brittany. Midnight will be the deepest; Sapphire and Brittany sit at different points in the mid-to-bright blue range. With 55 finishes overall, the range is wide enough to revisit if you want to match other blinds in the same room.
From , vertical blinds made-to-measure are priced competitively for the width of window they cover. The main reservation with vertical blinds is that they carry a functional rather than decorative look; this suits an open-plan kitchen-diner or a room with a large sliding door better than a period living room where a roman or roller would read more naturally.
Kana Perfect Fit Pleated
at So Easy Blinds
Kana Perfect Fit Pleated Blinds from So Easy Blinds clip directly into UPVC window frames without drilling, with Navy Blue as one of 7 finishes from £120.93.
The Kana Perfect Fit Pleated Blind from So Easy Blinds is the pick for UPVC windows where you want a navy blind without any drilling. The perfect-fit frame clips into the rubber gasket around a UPVC double-glazed window. Nothing attaches to the wall or ceiling; the blind sits flush with the glass and moves with the opening sash if needed.
The range has 7 finishes: Amethyst, Merlot, Terra, Obsidian Black, Navy Blue, Chocolate and Perla White. Navy Blue is the direct match for this guide. Pleated blinds in this format stack very compactly when raised, which keeps more of the window open and unobstructed compared to a roman or roller at the top of the recess.
From , perfect-fit blinds carry a meaningful price premium over standard roller or roller equivalents. That reflects the specialist frame mechanism and the fitting convenience. If your windows are UPVC and you want a clean, no-drill solution, the Kana is the only pick here that delivers that. If drilling is not a concern, a standard roller or roman at the same window size will cost considerably less.
Enjoy Roller
at Blinds 2go
The Enjoy Roller Blind from Blinds 2go is a day-and-night design with both Midnight Blue and Navy in its 24-finish palette, from £12.92.
The Enjoy Roller Blind from Blinds 2go is a day-and-night (or zebra) style - two layers of alternating sheer and opaque stripes that you position by raising or lowering the blind. When the stripes align, you get privacy with some light transmission; when they are offset, the opaque bands block most of the light. It is not a blackout option in the latter position, so it suits living rooms and dining rooms better than bedrooms where genuine darkness is needed.
For navy, the Enjoy range offers both Midnight Blue and Navy across its 24 finishes. The distinction is likely to be the depth of the shade; Midnight Blue will be darker and more muted, Navy more recognisable as a clear blue.
From , the Enjoy is competitively priced for a day-and-night blind. The mechanism is more complex than a single-layer roller, which is reflected in the price relative to the Splash Twist, but the light-control flexibility it provides - sitting somewhere between a sheer and an opaque blind - is something a standard roller can't replicate.
What this guide doesn't cover
This guide focuses on made-to-measure blinds from UK retail ranges where navy or midnight-blue finishes are available. We haven't included motorised or smart blinds; the price and installation step-up places them in a different buying decision, and the core question of which fabric or mechanism suits your window applies equally to electric and manual blinds.
We've also kept to fabric and aluminium-slat blinds. Wooden venetian blinds can be ordered in stained finishes that approximate navy, but the depth of dye on real wood slats varies with the timber grain, and the moisture sensitivity of real wood limits where they can go. If that's the direction you're heading, it's worth investigating finish samples carefully before ordering.
We haven't included panel blinds or plantation shutters. Panel blinds are a specialist choice for very wide openings and room dividers; shutters are a permanent installation at a significantly higher price point. Neither fits the made-to-measure blind category this guide addresses.
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