What color is Azure?
Azure is a bright, vivid blue, hex #007FFF, close to the color of a clear midday sky. It is lighter than navy but more saturated than a pale sky blue, with a clean, cool tone and no visible green or purple shift.
What is the meaning of the color Azure?
The name comes from the Old French word azur, borrowed from the Arabic lazaward, referring to lapis lazuli, the deep blue stone traded from mines in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, into medieval Europe. By the 13th century, the term appeared in English heraldry, where azure named the blue field on coats of arms and was governed by strict rules in blazon, the formal language of heraldic description. The color spread beyond heraldry into art, where painters used ground lapis lazuli as a pigment before synthetic alternatives became available in the 18th century. Microsoft adopted Azure as the name for its cloud computing platform, launched in 2010, anchoring the color firmly to technology and digital infrastructure.
What colors go with Azure?
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Conversions & Codes
| Format | Value | CSS |
|---|---|---|
| HEX | #007FFF |
color: #007FFF;
|
| RGB | 0, 127, 255 |
color: rgb(0, 127, 255);
|
| RGB Percentage | 0%, 50%, 100% |
color: rgb(0%, 50%, 100%);
|
| CMYK | 100%, 50%, 0%, 0% | Not supported in CSS |
| HSL | 210°, 100%, 50% |
color: hsl(210, 100%, 50%);
|
| HSV | 210°, 100%, 100% | Not supported in CSS |
| CIE-LAB | 40, -25, -43 |
color: lab(40% -25 -43);
|
| Decimal | 32767 | Not supported in CSS |
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CSS & Dev Snippets
.azure {
color: #007FFF;
}
$azure: #007FFF;
rgb(0, 127, 255)