Capri (color)

Capri
Colour coordinates
Hex triplet	#00C0FF
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(0, 192, 255)
HSV (h, s, v)	(195°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(73, 83, 233°)
Source	ColorHexa[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Brilliant greenish blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Capri or deep sky blue is a deep shade of sky blue which is between cyan and azure on the color wheel. The color Capri in general is named for the color of the Mediterranean Sea around the island of Capri off Italy, the site of several villas belonging to the Roman Emperor Tiberius, including his Imperial residence in his later years, the Villa Jovis. Specifically, the color Capri is named after the color of the Blue Grotto on the island of Capri,[2] as it appears on a bright sunny day.

The first use of Capri as a color name in English was in 1920.[3] The normalized color coordinates for Capri are identical to deep sky blue, which was formalized as a color in the X11 color names over 1985–1989.

Deep sky blue waters of the Blue Grotto in Capri

Sea of Capri cocktail

References

1. "Deep sky blue / #00bfff hex color". ColorHexa. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
2. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 152 Discussion of the color Capri
3. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 191