Steel Blue

#53B4C6

Cyan

Color Codes

All color formats for development

HEX
#53B4C6
RGB
rgb(83, 180, 198)
HSL
hsl(189, 50%, 55%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.719 0.094 211.5)
CMYK
cmyk(58%, 9%, 0%, 22%)

Accessibility

WCAG contrast compliance

On White Background

2.41:1

AA AAA

On Black Background

8.71:1

AA AAA
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Tailwind Scale

50-950 scale matching Tailwind CSS naming

50
#F4FA
100
#E4F3
200
#CDE9
300
#A7D9
400
#79C5
500
#53B4
600
#3897
700
#2D78
800
#2056
900
#1437
950
#0D22

Shades

Darker variations

1#3FAABD
2#3897A8
3#318593
4#2A727E
5#235F69
6#1C4C54
7#15393F
8#0E262A
9#071315

Tints

Lighter variations

1#64BCCB
2#75C3D1
3#87CBD7
4#98D2DD
5#A9DAE2
6#BAE1E8
7#CBE9EE
8#DDF0F4
9#EEF8F9

Tones

Muted variations

1#59B0C0
2#5EACBA
3#64A8B4
4#6AA4AF
5#70A0A9
6#759CA3
7#7B989D
8#819498
9#879092

Usage Guidelines

Recommended use cases for each shade level

LevelColorTypical Use Cases
50
F4FA
#F4FAFB
BackgroundsSubtle highlightsCard backgrounds
100
E4F3
#E4F3F6
Light backgroundsTable row hoverSkeleton loading
200
CDE9
#CDE9EE
Secondary backgroundsInput backgroundsDividers
300
A7D9
#A7D9E2
BordersInactive statesPlaceholder text
400
79C5
#79C5D2
Disabled statesSecondary iconsMuted text
500
53B4
#53B4C6
Primary brand colorCTAsActive elementsLinks
600
3897
#3897A8
Hover statesFocus ringsPrimary buttons hover
700
2D78
#2D7886
Active/pressed statesDark mode accentsSecondary text
800
2056
#205660
Text on light backgroundsHeadingsStrong borders
900
1437
#14373D
Primary textHigh emphasis contentDark headings
950
0D22
#0D2226
Maximum contrast textDark mode backgrounds

Export Code

Copy ready-to-use code for your project

:root {
  --steel-blue-50: #F4FAFB;
  --steel-blue-100: #E4F3F6;
  --steel-blue-200: #CDE9EE;
  --steel-blue-300: #A7D9E2;
  --steel-blue-400: #79C5D2;
  --steel-blue-500: #53B4C6;
  --steel-blue-600: #3897A8;
  --steel-blue-700: #2D7886;
  --steel-blue-800: #205660;
  --steel-blue-900: #14373D;
  --steel-blue-950: #0D2226;
}
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