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The 423-carat (85 g) blue Logan Sapphire

Sapphire is a saturated shade of blue, referring to the gemstone of the same name. Sapphire gems most commonly occur in a range of blue shades, although they can come in many different colors. Other names for variations of the color sapphire are blue sapphire or sapphire blue, shown below.

Sapphire

Sapphire as a quinary color on the RYB color wheel
  blue
  sapphire
  cerulean
Sapphire
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#0F52BA
sRGBB ( r, g, b)(15, 82, 186)
HSV ( h, s, v)(216°, 92%, 73%)
CIELChuv ( L, C, h)(37, 88, 258°)
SourceMaerz and Paul [1]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color sapphire.

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

Variations

Sapphire blue

Sapphire Blue
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#0067A5
sRGBB ( r, g, b)(0, 103, 165)
HSV ( h, s, v)(203°, 100%, 65%)
CIELChuv ( L, C, h)(42, 64, 246°)
Source ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptorStrong blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color sapphire blue.

Medium sapphire

Medium Sapphire
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#2D5DA1
sRGBB ( r, g, b)(45, 93, 161)
HSV ( h, s, v)(215°, 72%, 63%)
CIELChuv ( L, C, h)(40, 63, 253°)
Source Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptorStrong blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Medium sapphire is the color called sapphire in Crayola Gem Tones, a specialty set of Crayola crayons introduced in 1994.

B'dazzled blue

B'dazzled Blue
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#2E5894
sRGBB ( r, g, b)(46, 88, 148)
HSV ( h, s, v)(215°, 69%, 58%)
CIELChuv ( L, C, h)(37, 56, 253°)
Source Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptorModerate blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

B'dazzled blue is a color in Crayola Metallic FX, a specialty set of Crayola crayons introduced in 2001.

Blue sapphire

Blue Sapphire
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#126180
sRGBB ( r, g, b)(18, 97, 128)
HSV ( h, s, v)(197°, 86%, 50%)
CIELChuv ( L, C, h)(38, 40, 232°)
Source Pantone TPX [3]
ISCC–NBS descriptorDark greenish blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed as right is the color blue sapphire.

The source of this color is the Pantone Textile Paper Extended (TPX) color list color #18-4231 "Blue Sapphire".

King blue

King Blue
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#375184
sRGBB ( r, g, b)(55, 81, 132)
HSV ( h, s, v)(220°, 58%, 52%)
CIELChuv ( L, C, h)(35, 46, 255°)
SourceMy Perfect Color [4]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed as right is the color king blue, a variant of sapphire with a violet tone.

Dark sapphire

Dark Sapphire
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#082567
sRGBB ( r, g, b)(8, 37, 103)
HSV ( h, s, v)(222°, 92%, 40%)
CIELChuv ( L, C, h)(17, 45, 260°)
Source[ Unsourced
ISCC–NBS descriptorDeep blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Dark sapphire is a dark tone of sapphire.

In culture

A bottle of Bombay Sapphire gin

Alcoholic beverages

Given names

Music

  • The color 'Pearl Sapphire Blue' is the official color of the popular K-pop band Super Junior.

Religion

Television

See also

References

  1. ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called sapphire in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color sapphire is displayed on page 97, Plate 37, Color Sample L8.
  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. ^ Type the word "Blue Sapphire" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
  4. ^ "Match of Oracal™ Series 951 Premium Cast 049 King Blue *". My Perfect Color. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  5. ^ Ezekiel 1:26