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 cyan 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)
HSV (h, s, v)(174°, 40%, 85%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(81, 40, 183°)
SourceTiffany Blue
ISCC–NBS descriptorVery light bluish green
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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]

There are several palettes that show variations of the color, from lightest to darkest, but Tiffany is unique.

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References

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  1. ^ "About Tiffany & Co.: Tiffany Blue". Tiffany & Co. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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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