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Columbia blue 
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Hex triplet #75B2DD RGBB (r, g, b) (117, 178, 221) HSV (h, s, v) (205°, 47%, 87%) Source [1] B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) Columbia blue, also known as Jordy blue, is a light blue tertiary color named after Columbia University. The typical Columbia blue is defined by Pantone Columbia Blue 3 (PANTONE 292).[1]
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Usage, symbolism, colloquial expressions
Fraternities and Sororities Organizations, fraternities and sororities that use Columbia blue for their colors:
- Delta Phi
- Omega Tau Zeta
- Acacia
- Lambda Kappa Sigma
- Zeta Chi Zeta of Oswego State
- Philolexian Society of Columbia University
School Colors Columbia blue is used as one of the two or three color symbols for the following colleges, universities and high schools:
Sports
- Every Argentinian National Team (Soccer, Basketball, Rugby, Olympic Games...)
- The Buffalo Braves, now Los Angeles Clippers.
- The Denver Nuggets have worn Columbia blue road jerseys since the 2003–04 NBA season.
- The Kansas City Royals "powder blue" uniforms that debuted in 2008 are actually Columbia blue.
- The Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team wears their traditional Columbia blue jerseys instead of the university's official color Reflex blue.
- The Memphis Grizzlies introduced an alternate Columbia blue road jersey in 2009, which is actually "smoke blue."
- The Tampa Bay Rays selected Columbia blue as one of its three color symbols in September 2007. The color is used in the team's logos, uniforms and official merchandise.
- The Tennessee Titans (formerly the Houston Oilers from 1960–1996 and the Tennessee Oilers from 1997–98) have used Columbia blue in their color scheme throughout their entire franchise history.
- The Utah Jazz wore Columbia blue alternate road jerseys from 2006–2010.
- The song "Reno Dakota", by the band The Magnetic Fields, makes a play on words with the color in the couplet "You know you enthrall me and yet you don't call me it's making me blue/Pantone 292."
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