What color is Blue Iris?
Blue iris is a medium-to-deep blue with a clear violet shift, hex #5A4FCF, close to the petals of a purple iris flower. It has enough blue to read as cool, but the purple pull keeps it from feeling stark.
What is the meaning of the color Blue Iris?
The iris flower itself gave this color its name — the genus Iris spans hundreds of species, documented by Theophrastus as early as the 4th century BC, and its blue-violet varieties became a lasting reference point for this hue. The color gained wider recognition through botanical illustration traditions in Europe, where painters needed precise pigment references for natural history publications from the 17th century onward. Pantone formalized the name Blue Iris when it selected the shade as its Color of the Year for 2008, describing it as a blend of blue stability and violet creativity. That designation brought the color into wide use across fashion, packaging, and interior product lines marketed that year.
What colors go with Blue Iris?
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Conversions & Codes
| Format | Value | CSS |
|---|---|---|
| HEX | #5A4FCF |
color: #5A4FCF;
|
| RGB | 90, 79, 207 |
color: rgb(90, 79, 207);
|
| RGB Percentage | 35%, 31%, 81% |
color: rgb(35%, 31%, 81%);
|
| CMYK | 57%, 62%, 0%, 19% | Not supported in CSS |
| HSL | 245°, 57%, 56% |
color: hsl(245, 57%, 56%);
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| HSV | 245°, 62%, 81% | Not supported in CSS |
| CIE-LAB | 45, 2, -43 |
color: lab(45% 2 -43);
|
| Decimal | 5918671 | Not supported in CSS |
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CSS & Dev Snippets
.blue-iris {
color: #5A4FCF;
}
$blue-iris: #5A4FCF;
rgb(90, 79, 207)