Steel Blue

#51A6C8

Blue

Color Codes

All color formats for development

HEX
#51A6C8
RGB
rgb(81, 166, 200)
HSL
hsl(197, 52%, 55%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.686 0.096 226.9)
CMYK
cmyk(60%, 17%, 0%, 22%)

Accessibility

WCAG contrast compliance

On White Background

2.75:1

AA AAA

On Black Background

7.64:1

AA AAA
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Tailwind Scale

50-950 scale matching Tailwind CSS naming

50
#F3F9
100
#E4F1
200
#CDE5
300
#A6D2
400
#77BA
500
#51A6
600
#3689
700
#2B6D
800
#1F4E
900
#1432
950
#0C1F

Shades

Darker variations

1#3D9BC0
2#3689AB
3#2F7895
4#286780
5#22566B
6#1B4555
7#143440
8#0D222B
9#071115

Tints

Lighter variations

1#62AFCD
2#73B8D3
3#85C1D8
4#96CADE
5#A8D3E3
6#B9DBE9
7#CBE4EE
8#DCEDF4
9#EEF6F9

Tones

Muted variations

1#57A4C2
2#5DA1BC
3#629EB6
4#689CB0
5#6E99AA
6#7497A4
7#7A949E
8#809198
9#868F92

Usage Guidelines

Recommended use cases for each shade level

LevelColorTypical Use Cases
50
F3F9
#F3F9FB
BackgroundsSubtle highlightsCard backgrounds
100
E4F1
#E4F1F6
Light backgroundsTable row hoverSkeleton loading
200
CDE5
#CDE5EF
Secondary backgroundsInput backgroundsDividers
300
A6D2
#A6D2E3
BordersInactive statesPlaceholder text
400
77BA
#77BAD4
Disabled statesSecondary iconsMuted text
500
51A6
#51A6C8
Primary brand colorCTAsActive elementsLinks
600
3689
#3689AB
Hover statesFocus ringsPrimary buttons hover
700
2B6D
#2B6D88
Active/pressed statesDark mode accentsSecondary text
800
1F4E
#1F4E61
Text on light backgroundsHeadingsStrong borders
900
1432
#14323E
Primary textHigh emphasis contentDark headings
950
0C1F
#0C1F27
Maximum contrast textDark mode backgrounds

Export Code

Copy ready-to-use code for your project

:root {
  --steel-blue-50: #F3F9FB;
  --steel-blue-100: #E4F1F6;
  --steel-blue-200: #CDE5EF;
  --steel-blue-300: #A6D2E3;
  --steel-blue-400: #77BAD4;
  --steel-blue-500: #51A6C8;
  --steel-blue-600: #3689AB;
  --steel-blue-700: #2B6D88;
  --steel-blue-800: #1F4E61;
  --steel-blue-900: #14323E;
  --steel-blue-950: #0C1F27;
}
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