Azure (color)
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"Azure blue" redirects here. For the RAL color, see Azure blue (RAL).
This article is about the color. For the heraldic tincture, see Azure (heraldry). For other uses, see Azure (disambiguation).
See also: Shades of azure and Shades of blue
Azure (/ˈæʒər, ˈeɪʒər/ AZH-ər, AY-zhər, UK also /ˈæzjʊər, ˈeɪzjʊər/ AZ-ure, AY-zure)[2][3][4] is the color between cyan and blue on the spectrum of visible light. It is often described as the color of the sky on a clear day.[4][5]
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #0080FF |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (0, 128, 255) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (210°, 100%, 100%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (55, 117, 255°) |
Source | On the RGB and CMYK color wheel, Azure is defined as the colour halfway between blue and cyan. The colour halfway between blue and cyan on the RGB color wheel has a hex code of 0080FF.[1] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid blue |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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On the RGB color wheel, "azure" (hexadecimal #0080FF) is defined as the color at 210 degrees, i.e., the hue halfway between blue and cyan. In the RGB color model, used to create all the colors on a television or computer screen, azure is created by adding a 50% of green light to a 100% of blue light.
In the X11 color system, which became a model for early web colors, azure is depicted as a pale cyan or white cyan.