Steel blue
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| Steel Blue | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #4682b4 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (70, 130, 180) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (207°, 61%, 71%) |
| Source | X11[1] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Steel blue is a shade of blue that resembles blue steel, i.e., steel which has been subjected to bluing in order to protect it from rust. It is one of the less vibrant shades of blue; usually identified as somewhat bluish-grey.
The first recorded use of steel blue as a color name in English was in 1817.[2]
In 1987, Steel blue was included as one of the X11 colors when that color list was formulated. After the invention of the world wide web in 1991, these colors became known as the X11 web colors.
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[edit] Variations of steel blue
[edit] Light steel blue
| Light Steel Blue | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #B0C4DE | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (176, 196, 222) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (214°, 21%, 87[3]%) |
| Source | X11 | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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At right is displayed the web color light steel blue, a light tint of steel blue.
[edit] Steel blue in nature
[edit] Beetles
[edit] Fish
- In Siamese fighting fish the steel blue color comes from being homozygous for a single gene.[4]
- The Steel-blue Aphyosemion
[edit] Birds
[edit] Steel blue in culture
- The Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the AAA affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team, includes steel blue as one of its three colors.
- The Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League use steel blue as a secondary color on their burgundy uniforms.
- The Steel Blue Oval is a sports stadium in Bassendean, Western Australia.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ CSS Color Module Level 3
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #B0C4DE (Light Steel Blue):
- ^ Robert Jay Goldstein. Bettas: everything about history, care, nutrition, handling, and behavior. http://books.google.com/books?id=RaU_7ciNtBUC&pg=RA1-PT52&dq=%22Steel+blue%22+color&hl=en&ei=wYB2Trv-KIrh0QH04OGoDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CEwQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22Steel%20blue%22%20color&f=false. "The steel blue results from two identical genes for blue color."
