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Electric Blue
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#7DF9FF
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(125, 249, 255)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(180°, 40%, 90%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Electric blue is a color close to cyan that is a representation of the color of lightning, an electric spark, and argon signs.^{[citation needed]}

An argon sign has an electric blue glow.

Historical evolution of electric blue

The color electric blue comes in four basic shades..^{[citation needed]}

The original electric blue, shown here as dark electric blue, was in vogue in the 1890s.^[1] The first recorded use of electric blue as a color name in English was in 1884.^[2]

The pale version of electric blue became popular in the 1950s and is a representation of the actual color of an electric spark.^{[citation needed]} When one mentions the color electric blue it is the pale version that many baby boomers think of as being electric blue.^{[citation needed]}

A bright tint of electric blue shown here as rich electric blue became popular in the 1980s and 1990s for women's bikinis and is widely used in the sex industry.^{[citation needed]}

In the fashion industry today, a medium color intermediate between the colors rich electric blue and dark electric blue is often termed electric blue in fabric for clothes designed for the mass market.^{[citation needed]} A typical such color is shown below as medium electric blue.^{[citation needed]}

Rich electric blue

Rich Electric Blue
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#0892D0
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(8, 146, 208)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(180°, 35%, 75%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color rich electric blue, a color widely used in the sex industry because it is a popular color for women's bikinis.^{[citation needed]}

Medium electric blue

Medium Electric Blue
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#035096
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(3, 80, 150)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(180°, 30%, 60%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Medium electric blue is a representation of a typical contemporary "electric blue" fabric color.^{[citation needed]}

Dark electric blue

Dark Electric Blue
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#536878
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(83, 104, 120)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(180°, 20%, 25%)
Source		ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Dark electric blue is a dark cyan color that is the original color called electric blue, which reached the height of its popularity in 1892. ^[3]

Source of color electric blue [1890s]: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of (dark) electric blue (color sample #186): This color matches the color shown as "electric blue" in the color sample in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Color.^{[citation needed]}

Tones of electric blue color comparison chart

• Electric Blue (Hex:7DF9FF) (RGB: 125, 249, 255)
• Rich Electric Blue (Hex: 0892D0) (RGB: 8, 146, 208)
• Medium Electric Blue (Hex: #035096) (RGB: 3, 80, 150)
• Dark Electric Blue (Hex: #536878) (RGB: 83, 104, 120)

Electric blue in culture

Astrology

• The color electric blue is associated with the astrological sign of Aquarius. ^[4]

Erotica

• Electric Blue was the title title of a British porn television series broadcast in the 1980s and 1990s, which was shown on the Playboy Channel.
• Electric Blue 28 is a 1985 pornographic movie featuring Traci Lords. ^[5]
• The Club Electric Blue is a go-go bar that is located in the Patpong neighborhood of Bangkok, Thailand.^[6]

Music

• Electric Blue is a 1987 song released by the Australian band Icehouse, co-written with John Oates.
• Electric/Blue is a 1997 jazz fusion album by Joe Deninzon.^{[citation needed]}
• Electric Blue is the debut solo album by Erasure frontman Andy Bell, released October 3, 2005.
• Electric Blue is featured in the lyrics of the 1977 David Bowie song Sound and Vision as the color of his future living room:

Blue blue electric blue is the colour of my room where I will live blue blue

• Electric Blue is a Belgian blues power trio founded by guitarist Willie Vann (www.willievann.be).

Physics

• The electric blue glow of electricity results from the spectral emission of the excited ionized atoms (or excited molecules) of air (mostly oxygen and nitrogen) falling back to unexcited states, which happens to produce an abundance of electric blue light. This is the reason electrical sparks in air, including lightning, appear electric blue. It is a coincidence that the color of Cherenkov radiation and light emitted by ionized air are a very similar blue despite their very different methods of production.

References

1. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Discussion of color Electric Blue Page 156
2. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill, p.194; Color Sample of Electric Blue [fabric 1890s]: Page 97 Plate 37 Color Sample I7
3. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Discussion of color Electric Blue Page 156
4. ^ Parker, Derek and Julia Aquarius (Part of the Planetary Zodiac Library) New York:1972 A Mitchell Beazley/Ballantine Book Page 14
5. ^ Electric Blue 28 at the Internet Movie Database
6. ^ Website of Thai go-go bar Club Electric Blue: