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Sapphire Blue Clothing

201 sapphire blue styles from 35 brands, including Port Authority, Gildan and Port & Company, from $3.82. Sapphire blue is the vivid blue that leans slightly toward turquoise, between royal blue and Carolina blue. Suppliers sell it as Sapphire, Electric Blue, Pacific Blue and French Blue. We measured the actual fabric color of every colorway from supplier swatches and photos, so each product below is shown in a colorway that really is sapphire blue.

Other blues:

Navy BlueRoyal BlueCarolina BlueLight BlueSapphire Blue

What counts as sapphire blue

Sapphire Blue
#3486BD

Sapphire blue is the vivid blue that leans slightly toward turquoise, between royal blue and Carolina blue. Suppliers sell it as Sapphire, Electric Blue, Pacific Blue and French Blue. The swatch shows our reference color, #3486BD: the median fabric color of every in-stock garment sold under a sapphire blue name. A colorway is listed on this page only if its measured fabric color is close enough to read as the same color side by side.

Suppliers sell the clothing on this page as Sapphire, Electric Blue, French Blue, Brilliant Blue, Light Nautical Blue, Pacific Blue, Elec Blue Tonal Blend and Pond Blue.

Who wears sapphire blue

Sapphire is popular for swim, beach and summer camp gear, performance shirts, and brands that want a brighter, more modern blue than royal. UCLA's blue sits close to this range.

Sapphire reads as fresh, sporty and energetic.

Sapphire Blue in school colors

These schools use a sapphire blue in their official palettes. Each link has the official HEX, RGB, CMYK and Pantone values: University of California, Los Angeles school colors.

Printing and embroidery on sapphire blue

White and navy look clean on sapphire; black works for a bolder look. Light blue inks lose contrast.

What's available

201 styles from 35 brands, priced $3.82 to $88.27 (median $15.98). The most styles come from Port Authority (30), Gildan (29), Port & Company (21), Badger (17), CORE365 (13), North End (10). 14 of them are heathers, which read slightly lighter and softer than the solid color. Need a quantity for a team, school or company? We take purchase orders and can decorate or custom-make garments.

More blue

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