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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

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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

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Sapphire blue

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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°)
SourceISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptorStrong blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color sapphire blue.

Medium sapphire

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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°)
SourceCrayola
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

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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°)
SourceCrayola
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

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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°)
SourcePantone 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

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  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