Robin egg blue
Robin egg blue, also called eggshell blue or robin's-egg blue, is a shade of teal (a blue-green color), approximating the shade of the eggs laid by the American robin.
| Robin egg blue | |
|---|---|
American robin eggs | |
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #00CCCC |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (0, 204, 204) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (180°, 100%, 80%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (75, 59, 192°) |
| Source | Crayola |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Brilliant bluish green |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The first recorded use of robin egg blue as a color name in English was in 1873, though earlier references to colors similar to that of robin's eggs were made as early as 1844.
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