Ellison Dress
Cobalt
#1F6FEB
Electric blue
A Bright Winter color
Electric blue
anchor color 1 of 10 in Bright Winter. Also called Clear Winter in other systems.
By Kathleen Olsen · Updated November 11, 2026
- Hex
- #1F6FEB
- RGB
- 31, 111, 235
- HSL
- 216°, 84%, 52%
Electric blue is a saturated true blue with the light turned up, the first anchor of Bright Winter. It is bluer than cobalt, brighter than sapphire, and it has no grey in it at all, which is what separates it from every Summer blue. It is the color the Bright Winter wears when she wants to be seen.
Where it sits
Electric blue is an anchor color in Bright Winter. The nearest color on the same side of the warm–cool line is Sapphire #0F52BA, a Deep Winter color, at a distance of 15: close enough to mistake for it on a hanger, far enough to tell apart on a person.
Most blue in shops is navy, denim or something dusty. Electric blue is none of those. It reads as the blue in a flag or a screen, and it is hard to find in a garment because it is hard to dye and harder to sell. When it turns up, usually as a coat or a dress in a single season, a Bright Winter should buy it.
On a Bright Winter it does what red does on an Autumn, which is make the face look alive, and it does it in a color most people cannot carry. True Winter can borrow it, though sapphire is the True Winter blue and sits a little deeper. Nobody warm should go near it; the Springs' clear blue has green in it and is a different color.
This hex is fifteen points from Deep Winter's sapphire, which is darker, and nineteen from the Bright Winter swatch set itself, which is to say the registry's version runs a little lighter than the palette card. Treat it as the center of a family rather than a target.
Easily confused with
Sapphire, the Deep Winter blue, is fifteen points away and darker; a Deep Winter in electric blue looks a shade bright. Bright Winter's own cobalt is the slightly deeper sibling and more common in shops. True Spring's clear warm blue has green in it and is the one to avoid confusing it with.
The nearest named colors in other seasons, by perceptual distance (ΔE in CIELAB; under 10 is hard to tell apart on a screen, over 25 is a different color).
Sapphire #0F52BA
Deep Winter anchor · ΔE 15
Cobalt #1F4FA8
True Winter anchor · ΔE 22
Sapphire #1C3F94
True Winter anchor · ΔE 27
Warm periwinkle #7C8FD6
True Spring anchor · ΔE 35
Cool violet #5B2A83
True Winter anchor · ΔE 38
Dusty cornflower #7E93C8
Light Summer anchor · ΔE 45
In stock in this color today
As of November 11, 2026, 2 in-stock pieces across STAUD sample within a close match of #1F6FEB. The dot on each card is the color we sampled from the garment itself; trust it over the photograph. Links are affiliate links: we earn a commission when you buy through them, at no cost to you.
What it's sold as
Retailers almost never use the palette name. These are the color names on the in-stock pieces that sample within a close match of #1F6FEB today, so they are the words to search for.
- STAUD
- Cobalt, Atlas
A retailer's name for a color says nothing about its undertone. "Navy" at one shop is a True Winter color and at another a Spring one. The sampled dot on each card above is what we trust.
Questions
Is electric blue a Bright Winter color?
Yes. Electric blue (#1F6FEB) is an anchor color in the Bright Winter palette. No other palette on the same side of the warm–cool line has a color near it, which makes it a reliable test for the season.
Can a True Winter wear electric blue?
Yes, as a bright. True Winter is twenty-five points away on the palette math and its own blue is sapphire, deeper and a touch softer. Electric blue on a True Winter is wearable and slightly loud. In a coat it works well.
Is electric blue the same as cobalt?
No, though they are close. Cobalt is a step darker and the Bright Winter palette holds both. Electric blue is the lighter, brighter one. Shops use the names interchangeably.
Can a Summer wear electric blue?
No. The Summer blues are all greyed: dusty blue, slate, periwinkle. Electric blue has no grey in it and on a Summer it looks like a costume. True Summer is twenty-seven points off; the others are further.
What goes with electric blue?
Black and white, or one of them. A Bright Winter can put it beside hot pink in very small doses. Electric blue with navy goes muddy; with grey it looks like a uniform.
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