Steel Blue

#53A9C6

Blue

Color Codes

All color formats for development

HEX
#53A9C6
RGB
rgb(83, 169, 198)
HSL
hsl(195, 50%, 55%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.693 0.093 222.7)
CMYK
cmyk(58%, 15%, 0%, 22%)

Accessibility

WCAG contrast compliance

On White Background

2.67:1

AA AAA

On Black Background

7.86:1

AA AAA
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Tailwind Scale

50-950 scale matching Tailwind CSS naming

50
#F4F9
100
#E4F2
200
#CDE6
300
#A7D3
400
#79BC
500
#53A9
600
#388C
700
#2D70
800
#2050
900
#1433
950
#0D20

Shades

Darker variations

1#3F9EBD
2#388CA8
3#317B93
4#2A697E
5#235869
6#1C4654
7#15353F
8#0E232A
9#071215

Tints

Lighter variations

1#64B2CB
2#75BAD1
3#87C3D7
4#98CBDD
5#A9D4E2
6#BADDE8
7#CBE5EE
8#DDEEF4
9#EEF6F9

Tones

Muted variations

1#59A6C0
2#5EA3BA
3#64A0B4
4#6A9DAF
5#709BA9
6#7598A3
7#7B959D
8#819298
9#878F92

Usage Guidelines

Recommended use cases for each shade level

LevelColorTypical Use Cases
50
F4F9
#F4F9FB
BackgroundsSubtle highlightsCard backgrounds
100
E4F2
#E4F2F6
Light backgroundsTable row hoverSkeleton loading
200
CDE6
#CDE6EE
Secondary backgroundsInput backgroundsDividers
300
A7D3
#A7D3E2
BordersInactive statesPlaceholder text
400
79BC
#79BCD2
Disabled statesSecondary iconsMuted text
500
53A9
#53A9C6
Primary brand colorCTAsActive elementsLinks
600
388C
#388CA8
Hover statesFocus ringsPrimary buttons hover
700
2D70
#2D7086
Active/pressed statesDark mode accentsSecondary text
800
2050
#205060
Text on light backgroundsHeadingsStrong borders
900
1433
#14333D
Primary textHigh emphasis contentDark headings
950
0D20
#0D2026
Maximum contrast textDark mode backgrounds

Export Code

Copy ready-to-use code for your project

:root {
  --steel-blue-50: #F4F9FB;
  --steel-blue-100: #E4F2F6;
  --steel-blue-200: #CDE6EE;
  --steel-blue-300: #A7D3E2;
  --steel-blue-400: #79BCD2;
  --steel-blue-500: #53A9C6;
  --steel-blue-600: #388CA8;
  --steel-blue-700: #2D7086;
  --steel-blue-800: #205060;
  --steel-blue-900: #14333D;
  --steel-blue-950: #0D2026;
}
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