Livid (Blue-gray)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#6699CC
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(102, 153, 204)
HSV (h,s,v)	(210°, 50%, 80%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(62, 54, 244°)
Source	Maerz and Paul[1] (Crayola)
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Light blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Livid is a mediumbluish-graycolor. This color name comes from theLatin color termlividus, meaning "'a dull leaden-blue color'; it is also used to describe the color of contused flesh, leading to the English expression 'black and blue'".^[1] The first recorded use oflivid as a color name in English was in 1622.^[2]

There is a range of colors calledlivid colors that combine the colors blue and gray. Some of these colors are shown below.

Livid (blue-gray) is the opposite concept frombrown. Brown colors are mainlydarkorange anddarkred colors—warm colors on the warm color side of thecolor wheel, while blue-gray (livid) colors are mainlydarkblue anddarkazure colors—colors on the opposite side of the color wheel—cool colors on the cool color side of the color wheel.

Alternate names areblue-gray (American English) orblue-grey (British English), which was a name introduced byCrayola for a crayon color used from 1958 to 1990. Thus, thenormalized color coordinates for livid and blue-gray are identical.

The colors below are arranged according to value (brightness, the V code in HSV), lightest at the top and darkest towards the bottom.

Lavender gray
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#C4C3D0
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(196, 195, 208)
HSV (h,s,v)	(245°, 6%, 82%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(79, 10, 269°)
Source	ISCC-NBS[3]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Light bluish-gray
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The historical name for this color islavender gray. It is listed inA Dictionary of Color as one of the three major variations of lavender in 1930 along withlavender blue (shown below) and [floral]lavender (also shown below).^[4] (This book also designates a fourth shade of lavender, calledold lavender, also shown below). This color is similar to Prismacolor colored pencil PC 1026,Greyed Lavender.

Iceberg
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#71A6D2
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(113, 166, 210)
HSV (h,s,v)	(207°, 46%, 82%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(66, 50, 239°)
Source	Maerz and Paul[5]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Light blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The coloriceberg is displayed at right.

The first recorded use oficeberg as a color name in English was in 1921.^[6]

Slate blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#6A5ACD
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(106, 90, 205)
HSV (h,s,v)	(248°, 56%, 80%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(45, 90, 269°)
Source	X11[7]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid purplish blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is theweb colorslate blue.

The first recorded use ofslate blue as a color name in English was in 1796.^[8]

Blue bell
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#A2A2D0
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(162, 162, 208)
HSV (h,s,v)	(240°, 22%, 82%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(68, 38, 266°)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Light purplish blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Blue bell is a shade of blue-gray. It is also a Crayola color. It represents thebluebell flower.

The first recorded use ofbluebell as a color name in English was in 1920.^[9]

Glaucous
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#6082B6
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(96, 130, 182)
HSV (h,s,v)	(216°, 47%, 71%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(54, 51, 250°)
Source	ISCC-NBS[10]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Glaucous is a shade of blue-gray found on the surfaces of some plants and animals.

The first recorded use ofglaucous as a color name in English was in the year 1671.^[11]

Steel blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#4682B4
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(70, 130, 180)
HSV (h,s,v)	(207°, 61%, 71%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(52, 54, 243°)
Source	X11[7]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Steel blue is a color that resembles blue steel.

The first recorded use ofsteel blue as a color name in English was in 1817.^[12]

Cadet grey
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#91A3B0
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(145, 163, 176)
HSV (h,s,v)	(205°, 18%, 69%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(66, 16, 231°)
Source	ISCC-NBS[13]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Grayish blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Cadet grey, shown at right, andcadet blue, are shades of color used in military uniforms.

The first recorded use ofcadet grey as a color name in English was in 1912.^[14] Before 1912, the wordcadet grey was used as a name for a type of military issue uniform.

Gray-blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#8C92AC
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(140, 146, 172)
HSV (h,s,v)	(229°, 19%, 67%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(61, 22, 258°)
Source	ISCC-NBS[15]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Pale blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Cool gray is a medium light color gray mixed with the colorblue.

Another name for this color isgray-blue.

This color is a dull shade of blue-gray.

This color is identical with color sample #203 (identified as "gray blue") at the following website:https://web.archive.org/web/20170810183646/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-g.htm^[usurped]—The ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names (1955), a website for stamp collectors to evaluate the colors of their stamps.

Air Force Blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#5D8AA8
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(93, 138, 168)
HSV (h,s,v)	(204°, 45%, 66%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(55, 37, 234°)
Source	Vexillological:[16]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate greenish blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Air force blue is a grayish shade of blue orazure used by theRAF.

There are other tones ofair force blue, such as the darker one used by theUnited States Air Force.

Shadow blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#778BA5
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(119, 139, 165)
HSV (h,s,v)	(214°, 28%, 65%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(57, 26, 244°)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Grayish blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The colorshadow blue is displayed at right.Shadow blue is a color formulated byCrayola in 1990 as one of the colors in itsSilver Swirls specialty box of metallic colors.

Although this is supposed to be ametallic color, there is no mechanism for displaying metallic colors on a computer.

Dark blue-gray
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#666699
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(102, 102, 153)
HSV (h,s,v)	(240°, 33%, 60%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(45, 42, 266°)
Source	WSC
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate purplish blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The colordark blue-gray is displayed at right.

Roman silver
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#838996
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(131, 137, 150)
HSV (h,s,v)	(221°, 13%, 59%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(57, 12, 250°)
Source	Resene[17]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Bluish gray
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the colorRoman silver.

Roman silver is one of the colors on theResene Color List, a color list widely popular in Australia and New Zealand.

This color is supposed to be ametallic color; however, there is no mechanism for displaying metallic colors on a flat computer screen.

Rhythm
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#777696
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(119, 118, 150)
HSV (h,s,v)	(242°, 21%, 59%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(51, 26, 267°)
Source	Resene[18]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Grayish purplish blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the colorrhythm.

Rhythm is one of the colors on theResene Color List, a color list widely popular in Australia and New Zealand. The color "rhythm" was formulated in 2004.

Payne's gray
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#536878
sRGBB (r,g,b)	(83, 104, 120)
HSV (h,s,v)	(206°, 31%, 47%)
CIELChuv (L,C,h)	(43, 19, 234°)
Source	Ridgway:[19][20]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Grayish blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Payne's gray is a dark blue-gray color used in painting.

The first recorded use ofPayne's grey as a color name in English was in 1835.^[21]

Insects

• Calliphora livida

Arachnids

• Haplopelma lividum

Birds

• Blue-grey gnatcatcher
• Blue-grey tanager

Mammals

• Blue-gray mouse

Animal husbandry

• Blue Grey is a type of beef cattle popular in Scotland and the north of England.

Medicine/sociology

• Upper-class families who used silver eating utensils every day gradually ingested small pieces of silver into their bodies and eventually developed a mild form of a condition calledargyria, in which the skin takes on a blue-gray color; thus, they became known asbluebloods.^[22]

Sports

• TheBlue–Gray Football Classic was an annual Americancollege footballall-star game held inAlabama usually onChristmas Day. It begam in 1939 and was held annually through 2001 at theCramton Bowl inMontgomery, Alabama. It pitted players from the formerConfederacy against players from the northern and western states of the United States.

Transportation planning

• In theMuni Metro,San Francisco'slight rail system, theK Ingleside line (which goes to theIngleside neighborhood), is represented by the color blue-gray.

• RAL 5008 Grey blue
• RAL 7031 Blue grey
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