Iris (color)

Iris is an ambiguous color term, usually referring to shades ranging from blue-violet to violet.

Iris flowers

An iris flower in the Chanticleer Garden in Pennsylvania

The Yagyu Iris Garden in Nara, Japan

The taxonomical name of this Rabbitear Iris is Iris laevigata

The iris genus contains 260–300 species of flower, many of them of blue and purple shades.

Hex triplet#5A4FCF

sRGB^B (r, g, b)(90, 79, 207)

HSV (h, s, v)(245°, 62%, 81%)

CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)(42, 98, 268°)

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Iris
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#5A4FCF
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(90, 79, 207)
HSV (h, s, v)	(245°, 62%, 81%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(42, 98, 268°)
Source	ColorHexa
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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However, in certain applications, it has been applied to an even wider array of colors, including pale blue, mauve, pink, and even yellow (the color of the inner part of the iris flower).^[1]

The name is derived from the iris flower, which comes in a broad spectrum of colors.

The first recorded use of iris as a color name in English was in the year 1916.^[2]