Dodger Blue - Wikipedia

Color shade of blue For the Kendrick Lamar song, see Dodger Blue (song).

Dodger Blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#1E90FF
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(30, 144, 255)
HSV (h, s, v)	(210°, 88%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(59, 107, 252°)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Dodger blue is a rich bright tone of the color azure named for its use in the uniform of the Los Angeles Dodgers. It is also a web color used in the design of web pages.[1] The web color is not used in the Dodgers' uniform but it rather resembles the lighter blue used throughout Dodger Stadium.

History

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The Dodgers were never referred to as wearing Dodger Blue during their time in Brooklyn, although some now refer to them as representing "True Dodger Blue". The concept originated by Tommy Lasorda who popularized it with his saying "Cut me and I'll bleed Dodger blue."[2] Lasorda managed the franchise in Los Angeles for 20 years from 1977 to 1996, and was on the player roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers, though he played for them only very briefly.

In 1989, the team's famous Dodger blue was added to a color database. Paul Raveling, a software engineer who in 1989 was working at the Information Sciences Institute at USC, had been "tuning" colors to be properly displayed on computer monitors.[3] He proposed a major update to the list of color names that were supported by the X11 user interface system, including one called "dodgerblue". Eventually, that list of colors would be incorporated into web browsers, which allow programmers writing HTML or CSS to type a color name instead of a code.

Uniform color

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Dodger Blue (uniform)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#005A9C
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(0, 90, 156)
HSV (h, s, v)	(205°, 100%, 61%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(37, 64, 250°)
Source	MLBStatic.com
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Strong blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The actual blue that the Dodgers currently[when?] wear is RGB-hex #005A9C.[citation needed] It is a shade of royal blue.[4] Regarding the web color's RGB values, Paul Raveling notes that "The color tuning was done on HP monitors and the colors turned out very good then. The catch is that since then, monitors seemed to have standardized on different gamma corrections."[3] The current standard RGB color space was defined in 1996, seven years after "dodgerblue".

See also

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• Lists of colors

References

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1. ^ "HTML color codes and names". Computer Hope. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
2. ^ Keith, Larry (March 14, 1977). "An Infusion of Fresh Dodger-Blue Blood". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
3. ^ a b Fox, Joe (October 30, 2017). "How 'Dodger blue' became a permanent part of the internet". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
4. ^ Clair, Michael (August 22, 2016). "The Dodgers have started wearing striped socks for first time in nearly 80 years". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved October 9, 2025. The Dodgers have one of the best looking uniform sets in baseball. The Dodgers' script on those royal blue-and-white uniforms, the interlocking 'LA' on the caps -- it's an iconic look that's appropriate for any and all situations.

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