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Why the colour of blood of horseshoe crab turns blue in the contact with air?

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Why the colour of blood of horseshoe crab turns blue in the contact with air?

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When a horse shoe crab bleeds, the copper protein (hemocyanin) absorbs oxygen from the air, turning the circulatory fluid in the horse crab dark blue.

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