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Baby blue

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Hex triplet
  
#89CFF0

CMYK   (c, m, y, k)
  
(43, 14, 0, 6)

Source
  
Maerz and Paul

sRGB  (r, g, b)
  
(137, 207, 240)

HSV       (h, s, v)
  
(199°, 43%, 94%)

Baby blue is a pale tint of azure, one of the pastel colors.

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The first recorded use of baby blue as a color name in English was in 1892.

Bubbles

Bubbles is a pale tint of baby blue.

The color name bubbles has been in use since 2001 when the Xona.com Color List was first promulgated.

Beau blue

Beau blue is a light tone of baby blue.

The source of this color is the color that is called beau blue in the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers.

Baby blue eyes

Baby blue eyes is a rich tone of baby blue.

The source of this color is the color that is called baby blue eyes in the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers.

Little boy blue

Little boy blue is a deep tone of baby blue.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #16-4132 TPX—Little Boy Blue.

Baby blue in human culture

Gender

  • In Western culture, the color baby blue is often associated with baby boys (and baby pink for baby girls), particularly in clothing and linen and shoes. This is a recent tradition, however, and until the 1940s the convention was exactly the opposite: pink was considered the appropriate color for boys as the more masculine and "decided" while blue was the more delicate and dainty color and therefore appropriate for girls.

    • Law enforcement

  • In the late 1960s, philosopher Alan Watts, who lived in Sausalito, a suburb of San Francisco, suggested that police cars be painted baby blue and white instead of black and white. This proposal was implemented in San Francisco in the late 1970s. (In the late 1980s, the police cars of the San Francisco Police Department were repainted the usual black and white.) Watts also suggested that the police should wear baby blue uniforms because, he asserted, this would make them less likely to commit acts of police brutality than if they were wearing the usual dark blue uniforms. This proposal was never implemented.

    • References

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