Steel Blue

#42A0D7

Blue

Color Codes

All color formats for development

HEX
#42A0D7
RGB
rgb(66, 160, 215)
HSL
hsl(202, 65%, 55%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.674 0.12 238)
CMYK
cmyk(69%, 26%, 0%, 16%)

Accessibility

WCAG contrast compliance

On White Background

2.90:1

AA AAA

On Black Background

7.24:1

AA AAA
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Tailwind Scale

50-950 scale matching Tailwind CSS naming

50
#F2F9
100
#E2F0
200
#C8E4
300
#9ECF
400
#6CB5
500
#42A0
600
#2784
700
#1F69
800
#164B
900
#0E30
950
#091E

Shades

Darker variations

1#2C94D0
2#2784B9
3#2273A2
4#1D638B
5#195274
6#14425D
7#0F3145
8#0A212E
9#051017

Tints

Lighter variations

1#55AADB
2#68B3DF
3#7ABDE3
4#8DC6E7
5#A0D0EB
6#B3D9EF
7#C6E3F3
8#D9ECF7
9#ECF6FB

Tones

Muted variations

1#499ECF
2#519CC8
3#589AC0
4#5F98B9
5#6796B2
6#6E94AA
7#7692A3
8#7D909B
9#858E94

Usage Guidelines

Recommended use cases for each shade level

LevelColorTypical Use Cases
50
F2F9
#F2F9FC
BackgroundsSubtle highlightsCard backgrounds
100
E2F0
#E2F0F9
Light backgroundsTable row hoverSkeleton loading
200
C8E4
#C8E4F3
Secondary backgroundsInput backgroundsDividers
300
9ECF
#9ECFEA
BordersInactive statesPlaceholder text
400
6CB5
#6CB5E0
Disabled statesSecondary iconsMuted text
500
42A0
#42A0D7
Primary brand colorCTAsActive elementsLinks
600
2784
#2784B9
Hover statesFocus ringsPrimary buttons hover
700
1F69
#1F6993
Active/pressed statesDark mode accentsSecondary text
800
164B
#164B69
Text on light backgroundsHeadingsStrong borders
900
0E30
#0E3043
Primary textHigh emphasis contentDark headings
950
091E
#091E2A
Maximum contrast textDark mode backgrounds

Export Code

Copy ready-to-use code for your project

:root {
  --steel-blue-50: #F2F9FC;
  --steel-blue-100: #E2F0F9;
  --steel-blue-200: #C8E4F3;
  --steel-blue-300: #9ECFEA;
  --steel-blue-400: #6CB5E0;
  --steel-blue-500: #42A0D7;
  --steel-blue-600: #2784B9;
  --steel-blue-700: #1F6993;
  --steel-blue-800: #164B69;
  --steel-blue-900: #0E3043;
  --steel-blue-950: #091E2A;
}
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