Steel Blue

#517EC8

Blue

Color Codes

All color formats for development

HEX
#517EC8
RGB
rgb(81, 126, 200)
HSL
hsl(217, 52%, 55%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.595 0.124 259.9)
CMYK
cmyk(60%, 37%, 0%, 22%)

Accessibility

WCAG contrast compliance

On White Background

4.06:1

AA AAA

On Black Background

5.17:1

AA AAA
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Tailwind Scale

50-950 scale matching Tailwind CSS naming

50
#F3F6
100
#E4EB
200
#CDDA
300
#A6BD
400
#779B
500
#517E
600
#3663
700
#2B4E
800
#1F38
900
#1424
950
#0C16

Shades

Darker variations

1#3D6FC0
2#3663AB
3#2F5695
4#284A80
5#223E6B
6#1B3155
7#142540
8#0D192B
9#070C15

Tints

Lighter variations

1#628BCD
2#7398D3
3#85A5D8
4#96B2DE
5#A8BFE3
6#B9CCE9
7#CBD8EE
8#DCE5F4
9#EEF2F9

Tones

Muted variations

1#5780C2
2#5D81BC
3#6283B6
4#6884B0
5#6E85AA
6#7487A4
7#7A889E
8#808998
9#868B92

Usage Guidelines

Recommended use cases for each shade level

LevelColorTypical Use Cases
50
F3F6
#F3F6FB
BackgroundsSubtle highlightsCard backgrounds
100
E4EB
#E4EBF6
Light backgroundsTable row hoverSkeleton loading
200
CDDA
#CDDAEF
Secondary backgroundsInput backgroundsDividers
300
A6BD
#A6BDE3
BordersInactive statesPlaceholder text
400
779B
#779BD4
Disabled statesSecondary iconsMuted text
500
517E
#517EC8
Primary brand colorCTAsActive elementsLinks
600
3663
#3663AB
Hover statesFocus ringsPrimary buttons hover
700
2B4E
#2B4E88
Active/pressed statesDark mode accentsSecondary text
800
1F38
#1F3861
Text on light backgroundsHeadingsStrong borders
900
1424
#14243E
Primary textHigh emphasis contentDark headings
950
0C16
#0C1627
Maximum contrast textDark mode backgrounds

Export Code

Copy ready-to-use code for your project

:root {
  --steel-blue-50: #F3F6FB;
  --steel-blue-100: #E4EBF6;
  --steel-blue-200: #CDDAEF;
  --steel-blue-300: #A6BDE3;
  --steel-blue-400: #779BD4;
  --steel-blue-500: #517EC8;
  --steel-blue-600: #3663AB;
  --steel-blue-700: #2B4E88;
  --steel-blue-800: #1F3861;
  --steel-blue-900: #14243E;
  --steel-blue-950: #0C1627;
}
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