Tiffany Blue
Tiffany Blue is the colloquial name for the light medium robin egg blue color associated with Tiffany & Co., the New York City jewelry company created by Charles Tiffany and John Young in 1837. The color was used on the cover of Tiffany's Blue Book, first published in 1845.[1] Since then, Tiffany & Co. has used the color extensively on promotional materials like boxes and bags.
| Tiffany Blue | |
|---|---|
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| Hex triplet | #81D8D0 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (129, 216, 208) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (40, 0, 4, 15) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (174°, 40%, 85%) |
| Source | Tiffany.comnot specific enough to verify] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Very light bluish green |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) | |
Since 1998, the Tiffany Blue color has been registered as a color trademark by Tiffany & Co.[2][3] It is produced as a private custom color by Pantone, with PMS number 1837, the number deriving from the year of Tiffany's foundation.[4]
See also
References
- "About Tiffany & Co.: Tiffany Blue". Tiffany & Co. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- "Trademarks and copyright". www.tiffany.com. Tiffany & Co. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
- Klara, Robert (2014-09-22). "How Tiffany's iconic box became the world's most popular package". www.adweek.com. Adweek, LLC. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
- Pressman, Lauri (2016-02-19). "Crazy about Tiffany's: The story behind an iconic brand color". www.pantone.com. Pantone, LLC. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
The custom color we created for Tiffany is called “1837 Blue”. It was given this name as the year 1837 marks the founding of Tiffany.
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