Baby blue
| Baby Blue | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #89CFF0 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (137, 207, 240) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (199°, 43%, 94%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (80, 48, 227°) |
| Source | Maerz and Paul[1] |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Baby blue is a pale tint of azure, one of the pastel colors.[2]
The first recorded use of baby blue as a color name in English was in 1892.[3]
Variations of baby blue
Beau blue
| Beau Blue | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #BCD4E6 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (188, 212, 230) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (206°, 18%, 90%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (84, 22, 232°) |
| Source | Plochere |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Beau blue is a light tone of baby blue. "Beau" means "beautiful" in French.
The source of this color is the color that is called beau blue in the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers.[4]
Baby blue eyes
| Baby Blue Eyes | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #A1CAF1 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (161, 202, 241) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (209°, 33%, 95%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (80, 43, 240°) |
| Source | Plochere |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Baby blue eyes is a rich tone of baby blue.
The source of this color is the color that is called baby blue eyes in the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers.[4]
Little boy blue
| Little Boy Blue | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #6CA0DC |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (108, 160, 220) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (212°, 51%, 86%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (65, 62, 246°) |
| Source | Pantone TPX[5] |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Little boy blue is a deep tone of baby blue.[6]
The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #16-4132 TPX—Little Boy Blue.[7]
Baby blue in human culture
- In Western culture, the color baby blue is often associated with baby boys (and baby pink for baby girls), particularly in clothing and linen and shoes. This is a recent tradition, however, and until the 1940s the convention was exactly the opposite: pink was considered the appropriate color for boys as the more masculine and "decided" while blue was the more delicate and dainty color and therefore appropriate for girls.[8][9][10]
- In the late 1960s, philosopher Alan Watts, who lived in Sausalito, a suburb of San Francisco, suggested that police cars be painted baby blue and white instead of black and white. This proposal was implemented in San Francisco in the late 1970s.[11] (In the late 1980s, the police cars of the San Francisco Police Department were repainted the usual black and white.) Watts also suggested that the police should wear baby blue uniforms because, he asserted, this would make them less likely to commit acts of police brutality than if they were wearing the usual dark blue uniforms. This proposal was never implemented.
- Baby blue is an official color used in the flag of Argentina.
See also
- Light sky blue – a similar shade, named in the X11/html color family
- Baby pink
- List of colors
- Pinkstinks
References
- ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called baby blue in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color baby blue is displayed on page 93, Plate 35, Color Sample E2.
- ^ Foster, John C. "Retsof online version of ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names - Ba through Bz". tx4.us.
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 190; Color Sample of Baby Blue: Page 93 Plate 35 Color Sample E2
- ^ a b Plochere Color System: Archived 2010-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Type the words "Little Boy Blue" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
- ^ "Baby Name".
- ^ PANTONE. "Search - Find a PANTONE Color". www.pantone.com.
- ^ Merkin, Daphne. "Gender Trouble", The New York Times Style Magazine, 12 March 2006, retrieved 10 December 2007.
- ^ Orenstein, Peggy. "What's Wrong With Cinderella?", The New York Times Magazine, 24 December 2006, retrieved 10 December 2007. Orenstein writes: "When colors were first introduced to the nursery in the early part of the 20th century, pink was considered the more masculine hue, a pastel version of red. Blue, with its intimations of the Virgin Mary, constancy and faithfulness, was thought to be dainty. Why or when that switched is not clear, but as late as the 1930s a significant percentage of adults in one national survey held to that split."
- ^ guardian.co.uk, The Power of Pink'. 12 December 2009. Guardian on the 'PinkStinks' campaign
- ^ "Photo: Line-up of Nova's, San Francisco, CA, Police - Tony Sollecito album - copcar dot com - Fotki.com, photo and video sharing made easy". public.fotki.com.