Blue-green - Wikipedia

Color For the color that is not distinguished in various languages, see blue–green distinction in language. For the real estate company, see Bluegreen Corporation.

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "Blue-green" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Blue-green
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#0D98BA
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(13, 152, 186)
HSV (h, s, v)	(192°, 93%, 73%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(58, 56, 224°)
Source	ColorHexa[1]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Blue-green is the color between blue and green. It belongs to the cyan family.

Variations

[edit]

Cyan

[edit]

Main article: Cyan

Cyan (Aqua)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#00FFFF
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(0, 255, 255)
HSV (h, s, v)	(180°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(91, 72, 192°)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Brilliant bluish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Cyan is the blue-green color that is between blue and green on a modern RGB color wheel.

The modern RGB color wheel replaced the traditional old-fashioned RYB color wheel because it is possible to display much brighter and more saturated colors using the primary and secondary colors of the RGB color wheel. In the terminology of color theory, RGB color space has a much larger color gamut than RYB color space.

The first recorded use of cyan as a color name in English was in 1879.[2]

Turquoise

[edit] Main article: Turquoise (color)

Turquoise
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#40E0D0
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(64, 224, 208)
HSV (h, s, v)	(174°, 71%, 88%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(81, 59, 179°)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Brilliant bluish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color turquoise is that of the semi-precious stone turquoise, which is a light tone of blue-green.

Its first recorded use as a color name in English is from 1573.[3]

Green-blue

[edit]

Green-blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#1164B4
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(17, 100, 180)
HSV (h, s, v)	(209°, 91%, 71%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(42, 76, 252°)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Strong blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Green-blue is a Crayola crayon color from 1958 to 1990.

Bondi blue

[edit]

Bondi blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#0095B6
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(0, 149, 182)
HSV (h, s, v)	(191°, 100%, 71%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(57, 55, 223°)
Source	Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Bondi blue belongs to the cyan family of blues. It is very similar to the Crayola crayon color "blue-green".

Apple, Inc. christened the color of the back of the original iMac computer "Bondi blue" when it was introduced in 1998. It is said to be named for the color of the water at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia.

Blue green (Munsell)

[edit]

Blue green (Munsell)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#00A59C
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(0, 165, 156)
HSV (h, s, v)	(177°, 100%, 65%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(61, 48, 183°)
Source	Munsell Color Wheel
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Brilliant bluish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

One definition of the color is in the Munsell color system (Munsell 5BG) although there is widespread acceptance and knowledge of the color from the so-called blue-green algae which have been recognised and described since the 18th century and probably before that.

Cerulean

[edit] This section is an excerpt from Cerulean.[edit] Cerulean as a quaternary color on the RYB color wheel

blue

cerulean

teal

The color cerulean (American English), or caerulean (British English, Commonwealth English), is a variety of the hue of blue that may range from a light azure blue to a more intense sky blue. Cerulean may also be mixed with the hue of green. The first recorded use of cerulean as a color name in English was in 1590.[4] The word is derived from the Latin word caeruleus (Latin: [kaeˈruleus]), "dark blue, blue, or blue-green", which in turn probably derives from caerulum, diminutive of caelum, "heaven, sky".[5]

"Cerulean blue" is the name of a blue-green pigment consisting of cobalt stannate (Co2SnO4). The pigment was first synthesized in the late eighteenth century by Albrecht Höpfner, a Swiss chemist, and it was known as Höpfner blue during the first half of the nineteenth century. Art suppliers began referring to cobalt stannate as cerulean in the second half of the nineteenth century. It was not widely used by artists until the 1870s when it became available in oil paint.[6]

Cerulean
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#007BA7
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(0, 123, 167)
HSV (h, s, v)	(196°, 100%, 65%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(48, 56, 234°)
Source	[7]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Strong greenish blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Cerulean (RGB)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#003FFF
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(0, 63, 255)
HSV (h, s, v)	(225°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(39, 134, 264°)
Source	[Unsourced]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Teal

[edit]

Teal
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#008080
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(0, 128, 128)
HSV (h, s, v)	(180°, 100%, 50%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(48, 38, 192°)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate bluish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

This section is an excerpt from Teal.[edit] Teal as a tertiary color

green

teal

blue

Teal is a dark cyan color. Its name comes from that of a bird, the Eurasian teal (Anas crecca) which has a similarly colored stripe on its head. The word is often used colloquially to refer to shades of cyan in general.

It can be created by mixing cyan with black or gray.[8] It is also one of the first group of 16 HTML/CSS web colors. In the RGB model used to create colors on computer screens and televisions, teal is created by reducing the brightness of cyan to about one half.

In North America, teal became a fad color during the 1990s, with many sports teams adopting it for their uniforms.[9][10]

In nature

[edit]

• Blue-green algae are a phylum of bacteria that obtain their energy through photosynthesis.
• The blue green damselfish is a species of damselfish.
• Glacial flour, powdered rock, can turn a lake to a blue-green color.

In culture

[edit]

• In some languages, blue and green are considered a single color.
• In the iconography of the Virgin of Guadalupe, she is often depicted as wearing a blue-green colored robe. The color is significant to the Mexicas because of the Aztec religion. Also, Blue-green is known as Maya blue in pre-Columbian cultures. In the Nahuatl culture blue represents the center of fire and tonalli. Also sometimes the blue color is diluted so it appears as a turquoise on manuscripts. The color is often used for the representation of Aztec rulers and European kings.[11]
• Variations of blue-green are the political colors (or one of the political colors) of various political parties, including:
  • New Right (Denmark)
  • DENK (The Netherlands)
  • Brexit Party/Reform UK (United Kingdom)
  • People-Animals-Nature (Portugal)
  • Justice Party (United States)
• In Australia, a loosely-aligned group of independent and minor party candidates that ran in the 2022 Australian federal election were called teal independents for their blend of green and blue (Liberal) politics.

See also

[edit]

• List of colors

References

[edit]

1. ^ "Blue green / #0d98ba hex color". ColorHexa. Retrieved 2025-12-16.
2. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 194
3. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 206; Color Sample of Turquoise [green]: Page 73 Plate 25 Color Sample I5
4. ^ Maerz, Aloys John; Paul, M. Rea (1930). A Dictionary of Color. McGraw-Hill Book Company. p. 190; Color Sample of Cerulean: Page 89 Plate 33 Color Sample E6.
5. ^ "cerulean - Search Online Etymology Dictionary". Etymonline.com. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
6. ^ Eastlaugh, Nicholas (2004). The pigment compendium: a dictionary of historical pigments. Amsterdam; Boston: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 90. ISBN 9780750657495.
7. ^ Maerz, Aloys John; Paul, M. Rea (1930). A Dictionary of Color. McGraw-Hill Book Company. p. 190; Colour Sample of Cerulean: Page 89 Plate 33 Colour Sample E6.
8. ^ "What color is teal? What colors go with teal?". Painting and Decorating Concourse. Paint color. 2013-05-22. Archived from the original on 2013-05-22. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
9. ^ "Laughing in the purple rain". ESPN.com. Uni Watch's Friday Flashback. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
10. ^ "A closer look at the uniforms and logos of the 90s". TheScore.com. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
11. ^ Magaloni, Diana (2014). The Colors of the New World: Artists, Materials, and the Creation of the Florentine Codex. Los Angeles: The Getty Research Institute. p. 43. ISBN 978-1606063293.

v t e Shades of cyan
Alice blue Aqua Aquamarine Azure Azure (web) Blue-green Capri Caribbean Current Celeste Cerulean                     Cyan (RGB) Dark cyan Electric blue Fluorescent cyan Jungle green Keppel Ice blue Light blue Light cyan Light sea green                     Midnight Green Mint green Mint Moonstone Myrtle Green Olo Pacific cyan Persian green Process Cyan Riptide                     Robin egg blue Sea green Skobeloff Sky blue (Crayola) Spring green Teal Tiffany Blue Turquoise Verdigris Vivid sky blue                     Zomp
A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

v t e Shades of blue
Alice blue Aqua Argentinian blue Azure Baby blue Berkeley blue Bice Bleu de France Blue (Munsell) Blue (NCS)                     Blue (Pantone) Blue-gray Blue-green Blue-violet Bondi blue Brandeis blue Byzantine blue Cambridge Blue Capri Carolina blue                     Celestial blue Celtic blue Cerulean Cobalt blue Columbia blue Cornflower blue Cyan Dark blue Deep sky blue Delft blue                     Dodger blue Duke blue Egyptian blue Electric blue Electric indigo Eton blue French blue Glaucous Haint blue Honolulu blue                     Horizon blue Indigo Indigo dye International Klein Blue Iris Jordy blue Lapis lazuli Lavender Lavender gray Lavender mist                     Light blue Light sky blue Majorelle Blue Marian blue Maya blue Medium blue Midnight blue Moroccan blue Navy blue Neon blue                     Non-photo blue Oxford Blue Palatinate blue Pale azure Penn Blue Periwinkle Persian blue Persian indigo Phthalo blue Picton blue                     Pigment blue Polynesian blue Powder blue Process blue Prussian blue RAF blue Resolution blue RISD Blue Royal blue Ruddy blue                     Sapphire Savoy blue Silver Lake blue Sky blue Smalt Space cadet Steel blue Tang blue Teal Turquoise                     USAF blue Ultramarine United Nations Blue U of T Blue Uranian blue Vista blue Yale Blue YInMn Blue Zaffre
Related topics: St. Patrick's blue Shades of cyan

v t e Shades of green
Apple green Aquamarine Asparagus Avocado Beige Blue-green Bottle green Bright green British racing green Brunswick green                     Cadmium green Cambridge blue Celadon Chartreuse Chartreuse (web) Cyan Dark green Dark spring green Emerald Erin                     Fern green Forest green Green earth Harlequin Honeydew Hooker's green Hungarian green Hunter green India green Islamic green                     Jade Jungle green Khaki Kelly green Lawn green Light blue Light green Lime Lime (web) Lincoln green                     Magic mint Malachite Mantis Marrs green Medium sea green Midnight green Mint Mint cream MSU green Myrtle                     Neon green Office green Olive Olive drab Olivine Olo Pakistan green Paris green Pear Persian green                     Pigment green Pine green Pistachio Phthalo green Reseda green Rifle green Robin egg blue Sage Sap green Sea green                     SGBUS green Shamrock green Spring bud Spring green Tea green Teal Turquoise Verdigris Viridian
A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

v t e Color topics
Color science	Color physics Electromagnetic spectrum Light Rainbow Visible Spectral colors Chromophore Structural coloration Animal coloration Color of chemicals Water Spectral power distribution Colorimetry Color perception Chromesthesia Sonochromatism Color blindness Achromatopsia Dichromacy Color calibration Color constancy Color task Color code Color temperature Color vision test Evolution of color vision Impossible colors Metamerism Opponent process Afterimage Unique hues Tetrachromacy The dress Color psychology Color symbolism Color preferences Lüscher color test Kruithof curve Political color National colors Chromophobia Chromotherapy Color reproduction Color photography Color balance Color cast Digital image processing Color management Color printing Multi-primary color display Quattron Color model additive RGB subtractive CMYK Color space Image color transfer
Colorphilosophy	Color scheme Color tool Monochromatic colors Black and white Grisaille Complementary colors Analogous colors Achromatic colors (Neutral) Polychromatic colors Light-on-dark Web colors Tinctures in heraldry Color theory Color mixing Primary color Secondary color Chromaticity Color solid Color wheel Color triangle Color analysis (fashion) Color realism (art style) On Vision and Colours (Schopenhauer) Theory of Colours (Goethe)
Color terms	Basic English terms Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Purple Pink Brown White Gray Black Cultural differences Linguistic relativity and the color naming debate Blue–green distinction in language Color history Black-and-white dualism Blue in culture Color in Chinese culture Traditional colors of Japan Human skin color Color dimensions Hue Dichromatism Colorfulness Pastel colors Luminance Lightness Darkness Brightness Iridescence Fluorescence Grayscale Tint, shade and tone
Colororganizations	Pantone Color Marketing Group Color Association of the United States International Colour Authority International Commission on Illumination (CIE) International Color Consortium International Colour Association
Names	Lists Alphabetical List of colors: A–F G–M N–Z Full list List of colors by shade List of color palettes List of color spaces List of Crayola crayon colors history Color chart List of RAL colors List of web colors Shades of: Red Orange Yellow Green Cyan Blue Violet Purple Magenta Pink Brown White Gray Black
Related	Vision Contrast Qualia Lighting
Category Index