Steel Blue

#4C9DCD

Blue

Color Codes

All color formats for development

HEX
#4C9DCD
RGB
rgb(76, 157, 205)
HSL
hsl(202, 56%, 55%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.665 0.106 237.4)
CMYK
cmyk(63%, 23%, 0%, 20%)

Accessibility

WCAG contrast compliance

On White Background

3.00:1

AA AAA

On Black Background

7.01:1

AA AAA
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Tailwind Scale

50-950 scale matching Tailwind CSS naming

50
#F3F8
100
#E3F0
200
#CBE3
300
#A4CD
400
#74B3
500
#4C9D
600
#3181
700
#2767
800
#1C49
900
#122F
950
#0B1D

Shades

Darker variations

1#3891C5
2#3181AF
3#2B7199
4#256183
5#1F516D
6#194058
7#133042
8#0C202C
9#061016

Tints

Lighter variations

1#5EA7D2
2#70B1D7
3#82BBDC
4#94C4E1
5#A5CEE6
6#B7D8EB
7#C9E2F0
8#DBEBF5
9#EDF5FA

Tones

Muted variations

1#529CC6
2#599AC0
3#5F98B9
4#6697B3
5#6C95AC
6#7393A6
7#7991A0
8#7F9099
9#868E93

Usage Guidelines

Recommended use cases for each shade level

LevelColorTypical Use Cases
50
F3F8
#F3F8FC
BackgroundsSubtle highlightsCard backgrounds
100
E3F0
#E3F0F7
Light backgroundsTable row hoverSkeleton loading
200
CBE3
#CBE3F0
Secondary backgroundsInput backgroundsDividers
300
A4CD
#A4CDE5
BordersInactive statesPlaceholder text
400
74B3
#74B3D8
Disabled statesSecondary iconsMuted text
500
4C9D
#4C9DCD
Primary brand colorCTAsActive elementsLinks
600
3181
#3181AF
Hover statesFocus ringsPrimary buttons hover
700
2767
#27678B
Active/pressed statesDark mode accentsSecondary text
800
1C49
#1C4963
Text on light backgroundsHeadingsStrong borders
900
122F
#122F40
Primary textHigh emphasis contentDark headings
950
0B1D
#0B1D28
Maximum contrast textDark mode backgrounds

Export Code

Copy ready-to-use code for your project

:root {
  --steel-blue-50: #F3F8FC;
  --steel-blue-100: #E3F0F7;
  --steel-blue-200: #CBE3F0;
  --steel-blue-300: #A4CDE5;
  --steel-blue-400: #74B3D8;
  --steel-blue-500: #4C9DCD;
  --steel-blue-600: #3181AF;
  --steel-blue-700: #27678B;
  --steel-blue-800: #1C4963;
  --steel-blue-900: #122F40;
  --steel-blue-950: #0B1D28;
}
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