Steel Blue

#51AAC8

Blue

Color Codes

All color formats for development

HEX
#51AAC8
RGB
rgb(81, 170, 200)
HSL
hsl(195, 52%, 55%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.695 0.095 222.9)
CMYK
cmyk(60%, 15%, 0%, 22%)

Accessibility

WCAG contrast compliance

On White Background

2.65:1

AA AAA

On Black Background

7.93:1

AA AAA
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Tailwind Scale

50-950 scale matching Tailwind CSS naming

50
#F3F9
100
#E4F2
200
#CDE6
300
#A6D4
400
#77BD
500
#51AA
600
#368D
700
#2B70
800
#1F50
900
#1433
950
#0C20

Shades

Darker variations

1#3D9FC0
2#368DAB
3#2F7C95
4#286A80
5#22586B
6#1B4755
7#143540
8#0D232B
9#071215

Tints

Lighter variations

1#62B3CD
2#73BBD3
3#85C4D8
4#96CCDE
5#A8D5E3
6#B9DDE9
7#CBE6EE
8#DCEEF4
9#EEF7F9

Tones

Muted variations

1#57A7C2
2#5DA4BC
3#62A1B6
4#689EB0
5#6E9BAA
6#7498A4
7#7A959E
8#809298
9#868F92

Usage Guidelines

Recommended use cases for each shade level

LevelColorTypical Use Cases
50
F3F9
#F3F9FB
BackgroundsSubtle highlightsCard backgrounds
100
E4F2
#E4F2F6
Light backgroundsTable row hoverSkeleton loading
200
CDE6
#CDE6EF
Secondary backgroundsInput backgroundsDividers
300
A6D4
#A6D4E3
BordersInactive statesPlaceholder text
400
77BD
#77BDD4
Disabled statesSecondary iconsMuted text
500
51AA
#51AAC8
Primary brand colorCTAsActive elementsLinks
600
368D
#368DAB
Hover statesFocus ringsPrimary buttons hover
700
2B70
#2B7088
Active/pressed statesDark mode accentsSecondary text
800
1F50
#1F5061
Text on light backgroundsHeadingsStrong borders
900
1433
#14333E
Primary textHigh emphasis contentDark headings
950
0C20
#0C2027
Maximum contrast textDark mode backgrounds

Export Code

Copy ready-to-use code for your project

:root {
  --steel-blue-50: #F3F9FB;
  --steel-blue-100: #E4F2F6;
  --steel-blue-200: #CDE6EF;
  --steel-blue-300: #A6D4E3;
  --steel-blue-400: #77BDD4;
  --steel-blue-500: #51AAC8;
  --steel-blue-600: #368DAB;
  --steel-blue-700: #2B7088;
  --steel-blue-800: #1F5061;
  --steel-blue-900: #14333E;
  --steel-blue-950: #0C2027;
}
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