Cambridge Blue (colour)

Cambridge Blue

— Colour coordinates —
Hex triplet #A3C1AD
RGBB (r, g, b) (163, 193, 173)
HSV (h, s, v) (140°, 16%, 76%)
Source [1]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Cambridge Blue is the colour commonly used by sports teams from Cambridge University. There is considerable dispute regarding the exact shade of the colour that should be used. Most notably, the colour used by the Cambridge University Boat Club is different from that used by the rugby union club. The Boat Club colour was created when Alf Twinn added more yellow to this shade.

The Cambridge University official colour style guide defines Cambridge Blue as Pantone 557; the nearest equivalent web colour is #A3C1AD.

The other (less traditional) colours selected for the house style are Pantone 285 (blue), 158 (orange), 369 (green), 513 (purple) and 7466 (teal). Pantone 032 (red) and 109 (yellow) feature in the official University coat of arms.

References

Shades of blue
Air Force blue Alice blue Azure Baby blue Bleu de France Blue Bondi blue Brandeis blue Cambridge Blue Carolina blue
                   
Celeste Cerulean Cobalt blue Columbia blue Cornflower blue Cyan Dark blue Deep sky blue Dodger blue Duke blue
                   
Egyptian blue Electric blue Eton blue Federal blue Glaucous Electric indigo International Klein Blue Iris Light blue Majorelle Blue
                   
Maya blue Midnight blue Navy blue Non-photo blue Palatinate blue Periwinkle Persian blue Phthalo blue Powder blue Prussian blue
                   
Royal blue Sapphire Sky blue Steel blue Teal Tiffany Blue True Blue Tufts Blue Turquoise UCLA Blue
                   
Ultramarine Yale Blue
   
The samples shown above are only indicative.