Sapphire (color)
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For other uses, see Sapphire (disambiguation).
| Sapphire Blue (ISCC-NBS) | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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| 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) |
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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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[edit] Variations of sapphire
[edit] Blue sapphire (Pantone)
| Blue Sapphire (Pantone) | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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| 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) |
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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".
[edit] References
- ^ web.Forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to color #0067A5 (Sapphire Blue (ISCC-NBS)):
- ^ 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
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #126180 (Medium Sapphire):
[edit] See also
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