Robin egg blue
American robin eggs
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#00CCCC
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(0, 204, 204)
HSV (h, s, v)	(180°, 100%, 80%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(75, 59, 192°)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Brilliant bluish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Robin egg blue, also called eggshell blue or robin's-egg blue,^[1] is a shade of cyan (a blue-green color), approximating the shade of the eggs laid by the American robin, an abundant songbird of North America. The egg pigment is biliverdin, a product of the breakdown of heme.^[2]

The first recorded use of robin egg blue as a color name in English was in 1873,^[3] though earlier references in English to colors similar to that of robin's eggs were made as early as 1844.^[4] The "robin's egg" glaze appeared during the Yongzheng Emperor’s reign (1722-35) in China, and Yixing potter Hua Fengxiang made works with "robin's egg" glaze.^[5]

Variations

Tiffany Blue

Main article: Tiffany Blue

Tiffany Blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#81D8D0
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(129, 216, 208)
HSV (h, s, v)	(174°, 40%, 85%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(81, 40, 183°)
Source	Tiffany & Co.[6]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Very light bluish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Tiffany Blue is the trademarked name for the light medium tone of robin egg blue associated with Tiffany & Co., the New York City jewelry company.

See also

• Eggshell (color)

References

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