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	{{short description\|Color, ~~bright shade~~ and ~~a dark~~ shade of ~~azure~~ blue}}		{{short description\|Color, deep and vivid shade of blue}}
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	title=Royal blue (traditional)\|~~textcolor~~=~~green\|~~		\|title=Royal blue (traditional)
			\|hex=002366
	hex=002366\|
	r=0\|g=35\|b=102\|
	c=100\|m=66\|y= 0\|k= 60\|
	h=219\|s= 100\|v= 40<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://web.forret.com/tools/color.asp?RGB=#002366\|title=RGB color converter - toolstud.io\|first=Peter\|last=Forret\|publisher=Toolstud.io\|access-date=22 October 2016}}</ref>
	\|source=The Mother of All HTML Colo(u)r Charts<ref name=MOAHCC>{{cite web\|url=http://tx4.us/mo/rose.htm\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040330215038/http://tx4.us/mo/rose.htm\| archive-date=30 March 2004\|title=The Mother of All HTML Colo(u)r Charts}}</ref>		\|source=The Mother of All HTML Colo(u)r Charts<ref name=MOAHCC>{{cite web\|url=http://tx4.us/mo/rose.htm\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040330215038/http://tx4.us/mo/rose.htm\| archive-date=30 March 2004\|title=The Mother of All HTML Colo(u)r Charts}}</ref>
	\|isccname=Deep blue}}		\|isccname=Deep blue}}

	{{infobox color\|		{{infobox color
	title=Royal blue (web color)\|~~textcolor~~=~~white\|~~		\|title=Royal blue (web color)
			\|hex=4169E1
	hex=4169E1\|
	r= 65\|g=105\|b=225\|
	c= 71\|m= 53\|y= 0\|k= 12\|
	h=225\|s= 71\|v= 88<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://web.forret.com/tools/color.asp?RGB=#4169E1\|title=RGB color converter - toolstud.io\|first=Peter\|last=Forret\|publisher=Toolstud.io\|access-date=22 October 2016}}</ref>
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	\|isccname=Vivid blue}}		\|isccname=Vivid blue}}

	{{infobox color\|		{{infobox color
	title=Royal blue (Pantone)\|~~textcolor~~=~~white\|~~		\|title=Royal blue (Pantone)
			\|hex=3D428B
	hex=3D428B\|
	r=61\|g=66\|b=139\|
	c=56\|m=53\|y= 0\|k= 46<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://toolstud.io/color/rgb.php?rgbhex=3D428B&convert=rgbhex\|title=RGB color converter - toolstud.io\|first=Peter\|last=Forret\|publisher=Toolstud.io\|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref>\|
	h=236\|s= 56\|v= 55<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://toolstud.io/color/rgb.php?rgbhex=3D428B&convert=rgbhex\|title=RGB color converter - toolstud.io\|first=Peter\|last=Forret\|publisher=Toolstud.io\|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref>
	\|source=Pantone<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/19-3955-TCX\|access-date=21 January 2019\|title=PANTONE 19-3955 TCX Royal Blue\|publisher=]}}</ref>		\|source=Pantone<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/19-3955-TCX\|access-date=21 January 2019\|title=PANTONE 19-3955 TCX Royal Blue\|publisher=]}}</ref>
	\|isccname=Deep purplish blue}}		\|isccname=Deep purplish blue}}

	'''Royal blue''' is ~~both~~ a ~~bright shade~~ and ~~a dark~~ shade of ] ]. It is said to have been created by ~~clothiers~~ in ], ~~a consortium of whom~~ won a competition to make a ~~dress~~ for ], consort of ].<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://www.~~internet-ink~~.com/~~blog/Pens/2011/08/18-The-Origin-Of-~~Royal~~-Blue~~\|title = The Origin of Royal Blue~~\|date=18 August~~ ~~2011~~\|publisher = Rode History ~~Internet-ink~~\|access-date = 12 February 2011}}</ref>		'''Royal blue''' is a deep and vivid shade of ]. It is said to have been created by a consortium of mills in ], which won a competition to make a robe for ], consort of ]. In winning the prize, a business in the village invented the dye and received a certificate to sell it under that name.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.avpu52.dsl.pipex.com/Royal%20Blue.html \|title=The Origin of Royal Blue \|publisher=Rode History \|access-date=12 February 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524054849/http://www.avpu52.dsl.pipex.com/Royal%20Blue.html \|archive-date=24 May 2011 }}</ref>

	==Brightness==		==Brightness==
		⚫	The '']'' defines "royal blue" as "a deep vivid blue",<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/royal_blue\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122144937/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/royal_blue\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=January 22, 2019\|title=royal blue\|work=Oxford Living Dictionary\|publisher= Oxford University Press\|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref> while the '']'' defined it as "a strong, bright blue colour",<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/royal-blue\|title=royal blue\|work=Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus \|publisher= Cambridge University Press\|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref> and the '']'' defines it as "a deep blue colour".<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/royal-blue\|title=royal blue\|work=Collins English Dictionary\|publisher=]\|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref> US dictionaries give it as further towards purple, e.g. "a deep, vivid reddish or purplish blue" (''Webster's New World College Dictionary'')<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/royal-blue\|title=royal blue\|work=Webster's New World College Dictionary\|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt\|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref> or "a vivid purplish blue" (''Merriam-Webster'').<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/royal%20blue\|title=royal blue\|publisher=Merriam-Webster\|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref>

⚫	The Oxford English Dictionary defines "royal blue" as "a deep vivid blue",<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/royal_blue\|title=royal blue\|work=Oxford Living Dictionary\|publisher= Oxford University Press\|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref> while the Cambridge English Dictionary defined it as "a strong, bright blue colour",<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/royal-blue\|title=royal blue\|work=Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus \|publisher= Cambridge University Press\|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref> and Collins defines it as "a deep blue colour".<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/royal-blue\|title=royal blue\|work=Collins English Dictionary\|publisher=HarperCollins\|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref> US dictionaries give it as further towards purple, e.g. "a deep, vivid reddish or purplish blue" (''~~Webster’s~~ New World College Dictionary'')<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/royal-blue\|title=royal blue\|work=~~Webster’s~~ New World College Dictionary\|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt\|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref> or "a vivid purplish blue" (''Merriam-Webster'').<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/royal%20blue\|title=royal blue\|publisher=Merriam-Webster\|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref>

	By the 1950s, many people{{Who\|date=October 2016}} began to think of royal blue as a brighter color, and it is this brighter color that was chosen as the ] "royal blue" (the web colors when they were formulated in 1987 were originally known as the ]). The ] designated the keyword "royalblue" to be this much brighter color, rather than the traditional darker version of royal blue.		By the 1950s, many people{{Who\|date=October 2016}} began to think of royal blue as a brighter color, and it is this brighter color that was chosen as the ] "royal blue" (the web colors when they were formulated in 1987 were originally known as the ]). The ] designated the keyword "royalblue" to be this much brighter color, rather than the traditional darker version of royal blue.

			] uses the term Royal Blue to describe ]s in the wavelength range 450–465 ], slightly shorter than the regular blue range of 465–485 nanometers.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://cree-led.com/products/xlamp-leds-discrete/xlamp-xp-e2\|title=XLamp XP-E2 LEDs \| Cree LEDs}}</ref>
	{{Clear}}		{{Clear}}

	==Variations==		==Variations==

	===Queen blue===		===Queen blue===
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	r= 67\|g= 107\|b=149\|
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	\|isccname=Moderate blue}}		\|isccname=Moderate blue}}
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	'''Queen blue''' is a medium tone of royal blue.		'''Queen blue''' is a medium tone of royal blue.

	The first recorded use of ''queen blue'' as a color name in ] was in 1926. Before that, since 1661, this color had been called ''~~queen’s~~ blue''.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; Color Sample of Queen Blue: Page 95 Plate 36 Color Sample B8</ref>		The first recorded use of ''queen blue'' as a color name in ] was in 1926. Before that, since 1661, this color had been called ''queen's blue''.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; Color Sample of Queen Blue: Page 95 Plate 36 Color Sample B8</ref>
	{{Clear}}		{{Clear}}

	===Imperial blue===		===Imperial blue===
	{{Redirect\|Imperial blue~~\|other uses~~\|Imperial blue (disambiguation)}}		{{Redirect-distinguish\|Imperial blue\|Imperial blue (disambiguation)}}
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		⚫	\|title=Imperial blue
	\| textcolor=white
		⚫	\|hex=005A92
⚫	\| title= Imperial blue
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	\| r= 0\|g= 90\|b=146
	\| c= 100\|m= 38\|y= 0\|k= 43<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://toolstud.io/color/rgb.php?rgbhex=005a92&convert=rgbhex\|title=RGB color converter - toolstud.io\|first=Peter\|last=Forret\|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref>
	\| h=203\|s= 100\|v= 57<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://toolstud.io/color/rgb.php?rgbhex=005a92&convert=rgbhex\|title=RGB color converter - toolstud.io\|first=Peter\|last=Forret\|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref>
	\|source=Pantone<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/19-4245-TCX\|title=PANTONE 19-4245 TCX Imperial Blue\|publisher=]\|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref>		\|source=Pantone<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/19-4245-TCX\|title=PANTONE 19-4245 TCX Imperial Blue\|publisher=]\|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref>
	\|isccname=Moderate blue}}Imperial blue is recorded as an alternative name for the traditional royal blue color above.<ref name=MOAHCC/> The name is also used for a distinct, medium blue color by Pantone.{{-}}		\|isccname=Moderate blue}}Imperial blue is recorded as an alternative name for the traditional royal blue color above.<ref name=MOAHCC/> The name is also used for a distinct, medium blue color by Pantone.{{-}}

	==In culture==		==In culture==
			;]
			* The color appears as the title of the book ] by ] in reference to the prince of England.

	;]		;]
	* In auto racing, royal blue (called ~~‘imperial~~ ~~blue’~~) is the ] of ] and ], and for 2012, the primary livery for ]' #48 sponsored by ].		* In auto racing, royal blue (called 'imperial blue') is the ] of ] and ], and for 2012, the primary livery for ]' #48 sponsored by ].

	;]s		;]s
	* Royal blue is an official color used in the ]s of ], ], the ], ], ], ], ],<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mch.govt.nz/nzflag/description.html\|title=Flags - Ministry for Culture and Heritage\|access-date=22 October 2016}}</ref> ], ], and the ].		* Royal blue is an official color used in the ]s of ], ], the ], ], ], ], ],<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mch.govt.nz/nzflag/description.html\|title=Flags – Ministry for Culture and Heritage\|access-date=22 October 2016}}</ref> ], ], Scotland and the ].
	* The ] uses a royal blue field, which is normally displayed over the ] field, to signify a state of peace. Reversing this arrangement (i.e. red above blue) transforms the flag into the ~~nation’s~~ ].		* The ] uses a royal blue field, which is normally displayed over the ] field, to signify a state of peace. Reversing this arrangement (i.e. red above blue) transforms the flag into the nation's ].

			;]
			* Royal blue is the primary colour of the guernseys for the ]

	;]		;]
	* Royal blue is the official colour of the shirts of ], whose nickname in consequence is Blues.		* Royal blue is the official colour of the shirts of ], whose nickname in consequence is Blues.

			* Royal blue is the colour of the shirts of ] and also one of their nicknames.

			* Royal blue is the colour of the shirts of ] and The Blues is one of their nicknames.
			* Royal blue is the traditional colour of ] and is also one of their nicknames (Modri, Plavi in the ]).

	;]		;]
	* Royal blue is the primary color of the uniforms for the ] of the ].		* Royal blue is the primary color of the uniforms for the ] and ] of the ].

			;]
			* Royal blue is the primary color of the uniforms for many ] teams, including the ], ], ], ], ], and ].

	;]s		;]s
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	* Imperial blue is the brand colour of the Imperial College London, which is used through all College communications.		* Imperial blue is the brand colour of the Imperial College London, which is used through all College communications.
			* Royal blue is the brand colour of ], used in its emblem, flag, and various university designs.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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Color, deep and vivid shade of blue "Royal Blue" redirects here. For other uses, see Royal Blue (disambiguation).

Royal blue (traditional)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#002366
sRGB (r, g, b)	(0, 35, 102)
HSV (h, s, v)	(219°, 100%, 40%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(16, 44, 260°)
Source	The Mother of All HTML Colo(u)r Charts
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Deep blue
B: Normalized to (byte)

Royal blue (web color)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#4169E1
sRGB (r, g, b)	(65, 105, 225)
HSV (h, s, v)	(225°, 71%, 88%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(48, 103, 260°)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid blue
B: Normalized to (byte)

Royal blue (Pantone)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#3D428B
sRGB (r, g, b)	(61, 66, 139)
HSV (h, s, v)	(236°, 56%, 55%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(31, 58, 264°)
Source	Pantone
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Deep purplish blue
B: Normalized to (byte)

Royal blue is a deep and vivid shade of blue. It is said to have been created by a consortium of mills in Rode, Somerset, which won a competition to make a robe for Queen Charlotte, consort of King George III. In winning the prize, a business in the village invented the dye and received a certificate to sell it under that name.

Brightness

The Oxford English Dictionary defines "royal blue" as "a deep vivid blue", while the Cambridge English Dictionary defined it as "a strong, bright blue colour", and the Collins English Dictionary defines it as "a deep blue colour". US dictionaries give it as further towards purple, e.g. "a deep, vivid reddish or purplish blue" (Webster's New World College Dictionary) or "a vivid purplish blue" (Merriam-Webster).

By the 1950s, many people began to think of royal blue as a brighter color, and it is this brighter color that was chosen as the web color "royal blue" (the web colors when they were formulated in 1987 were originally known as the X11 colors). The World Wide Web Consortium designated the keyword "royalblue" to be this much brighter color, rather than the traditional darker version of royal blue.

Cree Inc. uses the term Royal Blue to describe light emitting diodes in the wavelength range 450–465 nanometers, slightly shorter than the regular blue range of 465–485 nanometers.

Variations

Queen blue

Queen blue

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#436B95
sRGB (r, g, b)	(67, 107, 149)
HSV (h, s, v)	(211°, 55%, 58%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(44, 43, 245°)
Source	ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate blue
B: Normalized to (byte)

Queen blue is a medium tone of royal blue.

The first recorded use of queen blue as a color name in English was in 1926. Before that, since 1661, this color had been called queen's blue.

Imperial blue

"Imperial blue" redirects here. Not to be confused with Imperial blue (disambiguation).

Imperial blue

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#005A92
sRGB (r, g, b)	(0, 90, 146)
HSV (h, s, v)	(203°, 100%, 57%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(37, 57, 247°)
Source	Pantone
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate blue
B: Normalized to (byte)

Imperial blue is recorded as an alternative name for the traditional royal blue color above. The name is also used for a distinct, medium blue color by Pantone.

In culture

Literature

The color appears as the title of the book Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston in reference to the prince of England.

Auto racing

In auto racing, royal blue (called 'imperial blue') is the traditional color of Ford and Carroll Shelby, and for 2012, the primary livery for Hendrick Motorsports' #48 sponsored by Lowe's.

Flags

Royal blue is an official color used in the flags of American Samoa, Cayman Islands, the European Union, Galicia, Georgia, Israel, New Zealand, Texas, Tuvalu, Scotland and the United Kingdom.
The Flag of the Philippines uses a royal blue field, which is normally displayed over the red field, to signify a state of peace. Reversing this arrangement (i.e. red above blue) transforms the flag into the nation's war ensign.

Australian rules football

Royal blue is the primary colour of the guernseys for the North Melbourne Football Club

Football

Royal blue is the official colour of the shirts of Birmingham City F.C., whose nickname in consequence is Blues.

Royal blue is the colour of the shirts of FC Schalke 04 and also one of their nicknames.

Royal blue is the colour of the shirts of Everton F.C. and The Blues is one of their nicknames.
Royal blue is the traditional colour of GNK Dinamo Zagreb and is also one of their nicknames (Modri, Plavi in the Croatian language).

American football

Royal blue is the primary color of the uniforms for the Buffalo Bills and Los Angeles Rams of the NFL.

Ice hockey

Royal blue is the primary color of the uniforms for many NHL teams, including the Buffalo Sabres, Edmonton Oilers, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, and Vancouver Canucks.

Uniforms

When, in 2008, the United States Transportation Security Administration changed the color of airport screener uniforms from white to royal blue, they found that it made the work of the airport screeners easier because airline passengers became more compliant, apparently because by wearing blue, the airport screeners came to be perceived more as authority figures.

University

Imperial blue is the brand colour of the Imperial College London, which is used through all College communications.
Royal blue is the brand colour of Yonsei University, used in its emblem, flag, and various university designs.

References

^ "The Mother of All HTML Colo(u)r Charts". Archived from the original on 30 March 2004.
"PANTONE 19-3955 TCX Royal Blue". Pantone. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
"The Origin of Royal Blue". Rode History. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
"royal blue". Oxford Living Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on January 22, 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
"royal blue". Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
"royal blue". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
"royal blue". Webster's New World College Dictionary. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
"royal blue". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
"XLamp XP-E2 LEDs | Cree LEDs".
Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; Color Sample of Queen Blue: Page 95 Plate 36 Color Sample B8
"PANTONE 19-4245 TCX Imperial Blue". Pantone. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
"Flags – Ministry for Culture and Heritage". Retrieved 22 October 2016.
Uniform Market News July 2008:

Shades of blue

Aero	Air Force blue	Air superiority blue	Alice Blue	Argentinian Blue	Aquamarine	Azure	Azul	Baby blue	Berkeley Blue

Bice blue	Bleu de France	Blue	Blue Bell	Blue-gray	Blue-violet	Blurple	Bondi blue	Brandeis blue	Byzantine blue

Cambridge blue	Carolina blue	Celestial Blue	Celestial Blue (Crayola)	Celtic Blue	Cerulean	Chefchaouen Blue	Chrysler blue	Cobalt blue	Columbia blue

Cornflower (Crayola)	Cornflower	Cyan	Baby blue	Blue (Crayola)	Dark blue	Deep Sky Blue	Delft Blue	Denim	Dodger blue

Duke blue	Egyptian blue	Glaucous	Green-blue	Electric indigo	French blue	Honolulu blue	Ice blue	Illini blue	Indigo

Indigo dye	International Klein Blue	Jordy Blue	Lapis Lazuli	Lavender	Lavender mist	Lavender gray	Light blue	Light Sky Blue	Majorelle Blue

Marian blue	Manatee	Maximum Blue Green	Maximum Blue Purple	Maya blue	Medium blue	Medium slate blue	Midnight blue	Blue (Munsell)	Navy blue

Blue (NCS)	Neon blue	Non-photo blue	Oxford Blue	Palatinate blue	Pale azure	Penn Blue	Periwinkle	Periwinkle (Crayola)	Persian blue

Phthalo blue	Picton Blue	Polynesian blue	Powder blue	Prussian blue	Resolution Blue	RISD Blue	Royal Blue (web color)	Royal blue (traditional)	Ruddy Blue

Sapphire	Savoy blue	Silver Lake Blue	Sky blue	Space cadet	Steel blue	Tang Blue	True Blue	Tufts Blue	UCLA Blue