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Royal blue
Color, deep and vivid shade of blue
"Royal Blue" redirects here. For other uses, see Royal Blue (disambiguation).
| Royal blue (traditional) | |
|---|---|
| Hex triplet | #002366 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (0, 35, 102) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (219°, 100%, 40%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (16, 44, 260°) |
| Source | The Mother of All HTML Colo(u)r Charts[1] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Deep blue |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
| Royal blue (web color) | |
|---|---|
| Hex triplet | #4169E1 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (65, 105, 225) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (225°, 71%, 88%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (48, 103, 260°) |
| Source | X11 |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid blue |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
| Royal blue (Pantone) | |
|---|---|
| Hex triplet | #3D428B |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (61, 66, 139) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (236°, 56%, 55%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (31, 58, 264°) |
| Source | Pantone[2] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Deep purplish blue |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Royal blue is a deep and vivid shade of blue. It is said to have been created by a consortium of mills in Rode, Somerset, which won a competition to make a robe for Queen Charlotte, consort of King George III. In winning the prize, a business in the village invented the dye and received a certificate to sell it under that name.[3]
Brightness
The Oxford English Dictionary defines "royal blue" as "a deep vivid blue",[4] while the Cambridge English Dictionary defined it as "a strong, bright blue colour",[5] and the Collins English Dictionary defines it as "a deep blue colour".[6] US dictionaries give it as further towards purple, e.g. "a deep, vivid reddish or purplish blue" (Webster's New World College Dictionary)[7] or "a vivid purplish blue" (Merriam-Webster).[8]
By the 1950s, many people[who?] began to think of royal blue as a brighter color, and it is this brighter color that was chosen as the web color "royal blue" (the web colors when they were formulated in 1987 were originally known as the X11 colors). The World Wide Web Consortium designated the keyword "royalblue" to be this much brighter color, rather than the traditional darker version of royal blue.
Cree Inc. uses the term Royal Blue to describe light emitting diodes in the wavelength range 450–465 nanometers, slightly shorter than the regular blue range of 465–485 nanometers.[9]
Variations
Queen blue
| Queen blue | |
|---|---|
| Hex triplet | #436B95 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (67, 107, 149) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (211°, 55%, 58%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (44, 43, 245°) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS[10] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Moderate blue |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Queen blue is a medium tone of royal blue.
The first recorded use of queen blue as a color name in English was in 1926. Before that, since 1661, this color had been called queen's blue.[11]
Imperial blue
"Imperial blue" redirects here. Not to be confused with Imperial blue (disambiguation).
| Imperial blue | |
|---|---|
| Hex triplet | #005A92 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (0, 90, 146) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (203°, 100%, 57%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (37, 57, 247°) |
| Source | Pantone[12] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Moderate blue |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Imperial blue is recorded as an alternative name for the traditional royal blue color above.[1] The name is also used for a distinct, medium blue color by Pantone.
In culture
Literature
Auto racing
Flags
- Royal blue is an official color used in the flags of American Samoa, Cayman Islands, the European Union, Galicia, Georgia, Israel, New Zealand,[13]Texas, Tuvalu, Scotland and the United Kingdom.
- The Flag of the Philippines uses a royal blue field, which is normally displayed over the red field, to signify a state of peace. Reversing this arrangement (i.e. red above blue) transforms the flag into the nation's war ensign.
Australian rules football
Football
American football
Ice hockey
Uniforms
University
- Imperial blue is the brand colour of the Imperial College London, which is used through all college communications.
- Royal blue is the brand colour of Yonsei University, used in its emblem, flag, and various university designs.