Blu Cobalto
Blu Cobalto is a Ferrari blue paint color in the Blu & Azzurro family (Ferrari files it under Blu): hex #6597BA, RGB 101, 151, 186, closest Pantone PMS 542 C. The value is a photo-derived estimate (high confidence), not a verified chip.
| Family | Blu & Azzurro — Ferrari blue colors |
|---|---|
| Hex | #6597BA |
| RGB | 101, 151, 186 |
| CIE L*a*b* | 60.3, -7.2, -23.4 |
| Closest Pantone | PMS 542 C (#6693BC, ΔE 2.7) |
| Paint code | Not published |
| Value | Photo-derived estimate · high confidence |
Sources: ROSSOautomobili
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About Blu Cobalto
Estimated from the dominant body color of the ROSSOautomobili photo (512 TR Spyder; 85% of frame). No color chip has been published for this name.
The story of Blu Cobalto
Blu Cobalto is documented on one car: 512 TR Spider chassis 97310, one of three 512 TR Spiders built in 1993 and the only one to leave the factory in this blue, over Blu Scuro Connolly leather. RM Sotheby's records the car as bought new by Alfred Tan of Hong Seh Motors, Ferrari's Singapore dealer, who was invited to display it at Ferrari's 50th-anniversary celebrations in Rome in 1997. With about 570 km recorded it sold at RM Sotheby's London in 2023 for £2,226,875, was then refinished in its original Blu Cobalto and offered again at Monterey in 2024, where it did not sell. ROSSOautomobili relates the name to cobalt pigments. Cobalt blue, Wikipedia records, is the pigment of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain since the late eighth or early ninth century.
Sources: RM Sotheby's, 1993 512 TR Spider, London 2023 · RM Sotheby's, 1993 512 TR Spyder, Monterey 2024 lot 351 · ROSSOautomobili, 25 rare colors · Wikipedia, Cobalt blue · Grokipedia, Cobalt blue (cites acs.org and artic.edu)