Light blue
Light blue is a color or range of colors, typically a lightened shade with a hue between cyan and blue.
| Light blue | |
|---|---|
| Colour coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #ADD8E6 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (173, 216, 230) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (195°, 25%, 90%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (84, 28, 216°) |
| Source | ColorHexa.com |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Very light greenish blue |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The first use of "light blue" as a color term in English is in the year 1915.
In Russian and some other languages, there is no single word for blue, but rather different words for light blue (голубой, goluboy) and dark blue (синий, siniy). The Ancient Greek word for a light blue, glaukos, also could mean light green, gray, or yellow.
In Modern Hebrew, light blue, tchelet (תכלת) is differentiated from blue, kachol (כחול). In Modern Greek, light blue, galazio (γαλάζιο) is also differentiated from blue, ble (μπλε).
During the 2000s, this color saw a surge of popularity due to a few American sports teams adopting the color for their uniforms. Famous examples include the Memphis Grizzlies, Denver Nuggets, Oklahoma City Thunder, and the Atlanta Thrashers.