Blue color - #0000FF - The Official Register of Color Names

Information about Blue color

The color name "Blue" has been approved in accordance with the internal procedures of The Official Register of Color Names.

Record Validation Evidence: Wikipedia/Blue

The history behind the Color Name Blue

The modern English word blue comes from Middle English bleu or blewe, from the Old French bleu, a word of Germanic origin, related to the Old High German word blao (meaning 'shimmering, lustrous'). In heraldry, the word azure is used for blue.

In Spanish and some other languages, there is no single word for blue, but rather different words for light blue (Celeste) and dark blue (Azul).

Several languages, including Japanese and Lakota Sioux, use the same word to describe blue and green. For example, in Vietnamese, the colour of both tree leaves and the sky is xanh. In Japanese, the word for blue is often used for colours that English speakers would refer to as green, such as the colour of a traffic signal meaning "go". In Lakota, the word tȟó is used for both blue and green, the two colours not being distinguished in older Lakota. (For more on this subject, see Blue–green distinction in language.)

Basic facts about this digital color

HEX #0000FF color name is Blue.

HEX color code #0000FF represent the color in hexadecimal format by combining three values – the amounts of Red, Green and Blue (RGB).

The RGB values of this color are 0, 0, 255 ( rgb(0, 0, 255) ). That means #0000FF color is composed of 0% of Red, 0% Green and 100% Blue.

Blue color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

Blue color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.

Blue

#3232FF

Light Brilliant Blue

#9999FF

Lavender Blue

White

Blue color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.

Blue

#0000CC

Reserved

#000066

#000032

Black

Blue color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.

Blue

#1919E5

#3333CC

#4C4CB2

Dark Blue Gray

Grey

Blue color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.

#FF00CB

#CB00FF

#6600FF

Blue

#0065FF

#00CBFF

#00FFCB

Blue color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Blue

#0000FF

Yellow

#FFFF00

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.