Shades of Blue & Names with HEX, RGB Color Codes

This page includes a list of color names, Hex and RGB codes for 50 of the most common and popular tints, and dark shades of blue. You should be able to find the type or shade of blue that you’re looking for in the resource below, for whatever project or design task that you’re undertaking.

Universally, blue is the most popular favorite color, and it has a large variation of shades. It’s a color that we often see when we look at the ocean, and when we look up at the sky. However, in the animal kingdom it’s a very rare color.

Popular shades of blue include, Navy, Royal, Cobalt, and my personal favorites are Azure, Cyan and Sapphire.

This is true blue, or its purist version on the RGB color model. 0 Red, 0 Green and 255 Blue.

50 Shades of Blue – Names & Color Codes

Navy is a very popular and well known dark blue shade, commonly used for Navy uniforms.

Royal blue is a well known dark blue shade. However, it does have a few different variations. See the link for more on Royal and Navy blue.

This pigment was synthetically created by the ancient Egyptians. It may well have been the first synthetic pigment ever created. Its creation and first use can be dated back to 2500BC, around the Fourth Dynasty, and was commonly used during the days of the Roman Empire. This spans at least a few thousand years.  

Sapphire is the strong blue color of the gemstone. It has a slight violet tinge.

Azure is a bright tint of blue, sitting between blue and cyan on the RGB color wheel. The word Azure has French origins, and the color comes from the lapis lazuli mineral.

Cerulean is considered a darker blue shade of the sky. The name was first used in relation to the color in the late 16th century.

Teal color is created by mixing cyan blue with green. This is a popular shade that has had many uses.

Steel is a light and somewhat pale tint. It represents the color that is formed from the result of the bluing of steel, which is done in-order to prevent rusting.

Sky represents the light blue color of the midday sky.

Turquoise is the color of the gemstone, and is the result of a mixture of light blue and green.

Cyan is a very bright blue with a fluorescent appearance. It’s a primary color on the CMY model, and a secondary color on the RGB model. See the Turquoise and Cyan page for more on these colors.

Baby is a fresh, light, and innocent looking tint of blue. It’s one of the most popular pastel colors.

Electric is a strong tint with some green in the mix. It’s one of the brightest blue variations. It can represent the bright blue color of electricity, while the color of electricity can change depending on certain conditions; this is believed to be a common representation.

Olympic is an attractive bright blue with a green tinge.

Maya is a bright blue, similar to the color of a clear blue sky, like Azure, but slightly more pale. It comes from the Maya pigment, which can be found in paintings in India. Records show it was used from the time span of the 800s to the 1800s. The more recent paintings were discovered in South America.

Prussian blue is a dark shade of blue, also known as Berlin blue. The pigment of Prussian blue consists of cyanide and iron.

Air Force blue is a medium strength tint variation of Azure. It’s commonly considered one of the colors of the sky, and used in the US Air Force.

Cobalt color is attractive, and one of the more popular shades of blue.

Turkish blue is used in the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, which can be found in Istanbul Turkey. It’s a medium light tint, and it has a strong influence of green.

Yale blue is associated with Yale University, and is a medium brightness blue shade.

Independence blue is a relativity dark or dull shade of blue. It has a violet and slight greenish tone.

Pigeon is a medium slightly pale tint, it includes a high amount of red, giving it a violet tinge. It’s a common paint color, it’s part of what is known as the RAL Classic Color Chart, and it comes in three different variations.

Space is one of the darkest shades of blue. It has a slight purple influence, and represents how space can sometimes appear.

Powder is a very light tint of blue, it has a very innocent and clean looking appearance.

Carolina is a sky like tint of blue, it has connections to the North Carolina University.

Somewhere around the mid 19^th century, Charles Lewis Tiffany decided on a color that would be used for his stores’ branding and design, which became Tiffany blue. It’s a medium light blue color with strong inclusions of green. It could be described as a lighter version of teal.

Aero is a very tranquil tint, very similar to the color that is often used in hospitals.

Aqua is very similar to Cyan, just an ever so slight variation.

Boeing is one of the more darker shades of blue, it’s a common shade used by Boeing for its logo.

This medium blue shade is the main color on the General Motors logo.

This is the light blue that makes up part of the Argentinean national flag.

This is the attractive blue shade of the uniform for the Los Angeles Dodgers, which is an American baseball team.

This is the dark shade of blue on the Dallas Cowboys logo, and is also found on parts of the uniform.

Cubs blue is the blue shade that represents the Chicago Cubs, which is an American baseball team.

This is the strong shade of blue that’s the club and kit color of Everton, which is an English football/soccer club.

Chelsea blue is the club shade of the London England football/soccer team, Chelsea.

This relatively light tint of blue is what the social media giant Facebook uses for its branding.

This is a medium shade of blue that the technology company Intel uses for its branding and business logo.

This light tint of blue, in a traditional sense, has been used to represent the country of France.

This represents the attractive color of Crayola’s blue crayon. The shade is considered cyan-blue.

Cambridge blue is the official color of Cambridge University. It’s used in the uniforms of the various sports teams connected with the university.

Denim is a medium blue shade that represents the common color of blue denim jeans.

Celeste could be described as a light turquoise. It was used by a bicycle company in Italy, where it was known as Bianchi Green.

Cornflower blue is a medium to light tint. Johannes Vermeer, who was a painter from the Netherlands, was believed to be very fond of this color.

Midnight is considered one of the darkest shades of blue. It’s sometimes referred to as a blueish-black.