Varieties of the color blue may differ in hue, chroma (also called saturation, intensity, or colorfulness), or lightness (or value, tone, or brightness), or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being a blue or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these various colors is shown below.
Blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #0000FF
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 0, 255)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (100, 100, 0, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (240°, 100%, 100%)
Tints of blue
In this section, the term tint is used in its technical sense as used in color theory, meaning a blueish color mixed with white or light gray.
Baby blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #89CFF0
RGB (r, g, b) (137, 207, 240)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (43, 14, 0, 6)
HSV (h, s, v) (199°, 43%, 94%)
Baby blue is known as one of the pastel colors. With a hue code of 199, this color is a tone of azure.
The first recorded use of baby blue as a color name in English was in 1892.
Light blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #ADD8E6
RGB (r, g, b) (173, 216, 230)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (25, 6, 0, 10)
HSV (h, s, v) (195°, 25%, 90%)
The web color light blue is displayed in the color box at right. Variations of this color are known as sky blue, baby blue, or angel blue. Within the X11 color system, with a hue code of 194, this color is closer to cyan than to blue.
The first recorded use of “light blue” as a color term in English is in the year 1915.
Periwinkle
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #CCCCFF
RGB (r, g, b) (204, 204, 255)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (20, 20, 0, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (240°, 20%, 100%)
Shown in the right is the color periwinkle, or periwinkle blue. Another name for this color is lavender blue. The color is a mixture of white and blue. It is named after the Periwinkle flower and is also commonly referred to as a tone of light blue.
Powder blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #B0E0E6
RGB (r, g, b) (176, 224, 230)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (24, 3, 0, 10)
HSV (h, s, v) (187°, 23%, 90%)
The web color powder blue is shown on the right.
The first recorded use of powder blue as a color name in English was in 1774.
Ice blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #99FFFF
RGB (r, g, b) (153, 255, 255)
Source Corel
Morning blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #8DA399
RGB (r, g, b) (141, 163, 153)
HSV (h, s, v) (153°, 14%, 64%)
Displayed at right is the color morning blue. It is a representation of the color of the morning sky.
Computer web color blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #0000FF
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 0, 255)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (Not, possible, in, CMYK)
HSV (h, s, v) (240°, 100%, 100%)
The color defined as blue in the RGB color model, X11 blue. This color is the brightest possible blue that can be reproduced on a computer screen, and is the color named blue in X11. It is one of the three primary colors used on the RGB color space, along with red and green. The three additive primaries in the RGB color system are the three colors of light chosen such as to provide the maximum gamut of colors that are capable of being represented on a computer or television set.
This color is also called color wheel blue. It is at precisely 240 degrees on the HSV color wheel, also known as the RGB color wheel. It is a spectral color which lies at, or near, the short-wave (violet) end of the traditional “blue” and possibly was classified as “indigo” by Newton. Its complementary color is yellow.
Additional definitions of blue
Blue (CMYK) (pigment blue)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #333399
RGB (r, g, b) (51, 51, 153)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (67, 67, 0, 40)
HSV (h, s, v) (240°, 67%, 60%)
The color defined as blue in the CMYK color system used in printing, also known as pigment blue, is the tone of blue that is achieved by mixing process (printer’s) cyan and process (printer’s) magenta in equal proportions. It is displayed at right.
The purpose of the CMYK color system is to provide the maximum possible gamut of color reproducible in printing by the use of only three primaries.
The color indicated is only approximate as the colors of printing inks may vary.
Blue (NCS) (psychological primary blue)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #0087BD
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 135, 189)
HSV (h, s, v) (197°, 100%, 74%)
Approximations within the sRGB gamut to the primary colors of the Natural Color System, a model based on the opponent process theory of color vision
Blue (Munsell)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #0093AF
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 147, 175)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (100, 16, 0, 31)
HSV (h, s, v) (190°, 100%, 69%)
The color defined as blue in the Munsell color system (Munsell 5B) is shown at right. The Munsell color system is a color space that specifies colors based on three color dimensions: hue, value (lightness), and chroma (color purity), spaced uniformly (according to the logarithmic scale which governs human perception) in three dimensions in the Munsell color solid, which is shaped like an elongated oval at an angle. In order for all the colors to be spaced uniformly, it was found necessary to use a color wheel with five primary colors: red, yellow, green, blue, and purple.
The Munsell color displayed is only approximate, as these spectral colors have been adjusted to fit into the sRGB gamut. In the 21st century, this hue is classified as an intermediate between azure and cyan.
Blue (Pantone)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #0018A8
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 24, 168)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (100, 80, 0, 34)
HSV (h, s, v) (231°, 100%, 66%)
Blue (Pantone) is the color that is called blue in Pantone.
The source of this color is the “Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)” color list, color # Blue C, EC, HC, M, PC, U, or UP—Blue.
Blue (Crayola)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #1F75FE
RGB (r, g, b) (31, 117, 254)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (88, 54, 0, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (217°, 88%, 100%)
Blue (Crayola) is the color called blue in Crayola crayons.
“Blue” was one of the original Crayola crayons formulated in 1903.
In this section, the term shade is used in its technical sense as used in color theory, meaning a blueish color mixed with black or dark gray. The colors arranged in order of their value (brightness) (V in the HSV code), the brighter colors toward the top and the darker colors toward the bottom.
Medium blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #0000CD
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 0, 205)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (100, 100, 0, 20)
HSV (h, s, v) (240°, 100%, 80%)
Displayed at right is the web color medium blue. It is a shade of the standard (h = 240°) blue.
Spanish blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #0070BB
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 112, 184)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (100, 45, 0, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (203°, 100%, 72%)
Spanish blue is the color that is called Azul (the Spanish word for “blue”) in the Guía de coloraciones (Guide to colorations) by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the Hispanophone realm. It is a shade of azure.
Liberty
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #545AA7
RGB (r, g, b) (84, 90, 167)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (50, 46, 0, 35)
HSV (h, s, v) (236°, 50%, 66%)
The first recorded use of liberty as a color name in English was in 1918.
The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)–Color Sample of Liberty (color sample #196)
Egyptian blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #1034A6
RGB (r, g, b) (16, 52, 166)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (90, 69, 0, 35)
HSV (h, s, v) (226°, 90%, 65%)
Egyptian blue is a pigment that was used in Ancient Egypt.
Ultramarine
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #3F00FF
RGB (r, g, b) (63, 0, 255)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (75.3, 100, 0, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (254.8°, 100%, 1%)
Ultramarine is a blue pigment in use since medieval times.
Delft blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #1F305E
RGB (r, g, b) (31, 48, 94)
At right is displayed the color delft blue.
Duck blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #007791
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 119, 145)
The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)–Color Sample of Duck Blue (color sample #169)
Dark blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #00008B
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 0, 139)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (100, 100, 0, 46)
HSV (h, s, v) (240°, 100%, 55%)
Dark blue is a shade of the standard (h = 240°) blue. The name comes from the word “Dark” (which originated from Old English dark, derk, deork; Anglo-Saxon dearc, and Gaelic and Irish dorch, dorcha) and “Blue” (taken from French and originated from the Indo-European root bhlewos).
Resolution blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #002387
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 35, 185)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (100, 74, 0, 47)
HSV (h, s, v) (224°, 100%, 53%)
At right is displayed the color resolution blue.
This color name first came into use in 2001 when it was formulated as one of the colors on the Xona.com Color List.
Navy blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #000080
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 0, 128)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (100, 100, 0, 50)
HSV (h, s, v) (240°, 100%, 50%)
Navy blue is a shade of the standard (h = 240°) blue. Navy blue got its name from the dark blue (contrasted with white) worn by officers in the British Royal Navy since 1748 (originally called marine blue before 1840) and subsequently adopted by other navies around the world.
The first recorded use of navy blue as a color name in English was in 1840.
Midnight blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #191970
RGB (r, g, b) (25, 25, 112)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (97, 78, 39, 29)
HSV (h, s, v) (240°, 78%, 44%)
This is the X11 web color midnight blue.
This color was originally called midnight. The first recorded use of midnight as a color name in English was in 1915.
Independence
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #4C516D
RGB (r, g, b) (76, 81, 109)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (30, 26, 0, 57)
HSV (h, s, v) (231°, 30%, 43%)
The first recorded use of independence as a color name in English was in 1927.
The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)–Color Sample of Independence (color sample #204).
Space cadet
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #1D2951
RGB (r, g, b) (29, 41, 81)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (64, 49, 0, 68)
HSV (h, s, v) (226°, 64%, 32%)
Space cadet is one of the colors on the Resene Color List, a color list widely popular in Australia and New Zealand. The color “space cadet” was formulated in 2007.
This color is apparently a formulation of an impression of the color that cadets in space navy training would wear.
Fluorescent blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #15F4EE
RGB (r, g, b) (21, 244, 238)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (91, 0, 2, 4)
HSV (h, s, v) (178°, 91%, 96%)
Fluorescent blue is a shade of blue that is radiant based on fluorescence. This is the main color on the Indian 50-rupee note.
Teal
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #008080
RGB (r, g, b) (0, 128, 128)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (100, 0, 0, 50)
HSV (h, s, v) (180°, 100%, 50%)
Teal is displayed at right. It is a dark cyan color that is a representation of the color of the neck coloring of a duck called the common teal.
Teal Blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #367588
RGB (r, g, b) (54, 117, 136)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) (60, 14, 0, 47)
HSV (h, s, v) (194°, 60%, 53%)
Teal blue is a medium tone of teal with more blue. The first recorded use of teal blue as a color name in English was in 1927.
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