Shades of blue
Variety of the color blue / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Shades of Blue (disambiguation).
"Shade of Blue" redirects here. For the song by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, see Shade of Blue (song). For the R&B/funk band, see Shade of Blue (band).
Varieties of the color blue may differ in hue, chroma (also called saturation, intensity, or colorfulness), or lightness (or value, tone, or brightness), or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being a blue or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these colors is shown below.
Quick Facts Blue, Wavelength ...
Blue | |
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Wavelength | 440–490 nm |
Common connotations | |
masculinity, cold, sadness, confidence, harmony, water | |
Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #0000FF |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (0, 0, 255) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (240°, 100%, 100%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (32, 131, 266°) |
Source | X11 |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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