Sapphire (color)

Sapphire (color)
For other uses, see Sapphire (disambiguation).
The 423-carat (85 g) blue Logan sapphire
Sapphire Blue (ISCC-NBS)
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #0067A5
RGBB (r, g, b) (0, 103, 165)
HSV (h, s, v) (203°, 100%, 65[1]%)
Source ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Sapphire is a saturated shade of blue, referring to the gem of the same name. Sapphire gems are most commonly found in a range of blue shades. Other names for the color sapphire are blue sapphire or sapphire blue.

The first recorded use of sapphire as a color name in English was in 1430.[2]

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Variations of sapphire

Blue sapphire (Pantone)

Blue Sapphire (Pantone)
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #126180
RGBB (r, g, b) (18, 97, 128)
HSV (h, s, v) (197°, 86%, 50[3]%)
Source Pantone
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed as right is a version of the color sapphire called blue sapphire. The source of this color is the Pantone Textile Paper Extended (TPX) color list color #18-4231 "Blue Sapphire".

References

  1. ^ web.Forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to color #0067A5 (Sapphire Blue (ISCC-NBS)):
  2. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 204; Color Sample of Sapphire: Page 97 Plate 37 Color Sample L8
  3. ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #126180 (Medium Sapphire):

See also

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Shades of blue
Air Force blue Alice blue Azure Baby blue Bleu de France Blue Bondi blue Brandeis blue Cambridge Blue Carolina blue
                   
Celeste Cerulean Cobalt blue Columbia blue Cornflower blue Cyan Dark blue Deep sky blue Dodger blue Duke blue
                   
Egyptian blue Electric blue Eton blue Federal blue Glaucous Electric indigo International Klein Blue Iris Light blue Majorelle Blue
                   
Maya blue Midnight blue Navy blue Non-photo blue Palatinate blue Periwinkle Persian blue Phthalo blue Powder blue Prussian blue
                   
Royal blue Sapphire Sky blue Steel blue Teal Tiffany Blue True Blue Tufts Blue Turquoise UCLA Blue
                   
Ultramarine Yale Blue
   
The samples shown above are only indicative.



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