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Deep Sky Blue

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#00BFFF
sRGB (r, g, b)	(0, 191, 255)
HSV (h, s, v)	(195°, 100%, 100%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(73, 83, 234°)
Source	X11
B: Normalized to (byte)

Deep sky blue is an azure-cyan color associated with deep sky blue.

Deep sky blue is a web color.

This color is the color on the color wheel (RGB/HSV color wheel) halfway between azure and cyan.

The traditional name for this color is Capri.

The first use of Capri as a color name in English was in 1920.

The color Capri in general is named for the azure-cyan color of the Mediterranean sea around the island of Capri off Italy, the site of several villas belonging to the Roman Emperor Tiberius, including his Imperial residence in his later years, the Villa Jovis. Specifically, the color Capri is named after the color of the Blue Grotto on the island of Capri. as it appears on a bright sunny day. Today the island of Capri is a resort island popular with tourists.

The color name deep sky blue for this color did not come into use until the promulgation of the X11 color list in 1987.

The name Capri is still used for this color as well as the name deep sky blue.

Capri in human culture

Automobiles

A Capri colored Ford Capri toy model car:

Bridal Gowns

A woman in a bridal gown labeled as being colored Capri:

References

Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Color Sample of Capri: Page 93 Plate 35 Color Sample L7; The color Capri is shown as lying halfway between Cyan and Azure.
Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 191
Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 152 Discussion of the color Capri
A woman in a bridal gown labeled as being colored Capri for sale at an online Bridal Shop:

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