Normally, the sofa is a room’s dominant element depending on its dimensions. And if it is navy blue, the shade heaviness commands even more attention. The ideal accent rug covers a relatively large area, to visually anchor such a massive item of furniture. Based on your style, you can use the rug’s colour to play the couch’s underlying gray or purple hue, influence — or even mellow out — a marine vibe, then make an earthy setting or pull along an all-blue scheme.

The White Decision

Unless you’re after seafaring style, do not pair a navy blue sofa having a pure white carpet. If you’re going for this particular out-to-sea vibe, however, put down the white carpet and include a few bright-red toss pillows to the mixture — or even opt for for white cushions and a reddish or red-and-white-striped rug. When you’re not sailing in a seaworthy direction, avoid a true-white carpet in favor of a cream or beige one, which are also dirt-friendlier. Pick up the impartial tone throughout the room using the wall paint, accessories or other furniture.

Blue on Blue

Job a cool, relaxing atmosphere by matching the navy blue sofa with a blue-on-white patterned rug. An all-blue rug competes with a navy blue sofa, creating visual overload. However a carpet in off white or pale gray with an understated blue design — swirls or a geometric pattern — just hints at shade association, drawing the eye from one element to another gracefully, not blatantly.

Bring From the Gray

Pick up on a navy blue sofa’s grey undertone using a gray carpet. To keep the rug from seeming dirty, choose pure — black and white — gray with no brownish tinge. Steel grey with a blue undertone works too, but only if you’re planning to use more blue in the design, such like gray-blue drapery. If the sofa is dark navy blue, it can appear almost black. Bring back its blueness by placing a gray carpet with a black fleck or pattern in the sofa’s feet to make color distinction.

Lift or Lower With Purple

Under certain lighting, a navy blue sofa can have a purple tinge, which does not appeal to everyone. If you’re enthusiastic about purple, however, use a lavender or lilac accent rug to coax out more of the bluish-red shade. If you want to decrease the purple “haze,” do so with a complementary yellow carpet. Complementary colors or color opposites create visual stability. Orange-yellow is complementary to navy blue, and stabilizes or draws from the blue coloring. If you use a cool greenish-yellow rug, it’ll draw the purple out — so select the rug color according to your own preference.

Earthy Hues with Navy Blue

An earthy wheat, butter, russet and deep-red rug warms the cool colour of this navy blue sofa. Hits of dark blue in the patterned rug provide connection, but are not necessary. Use cushions in colors taken from the carpet on the sofa to join the large elements. Elevate visual heat by painting the walls to match the carpet’s dominant shade. Incorporate plenty of wood flooring, furniture, trim — in the design to get even more rustic charm.

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