Steel Blue

#53A5C6

Blue

Color Codes

All color formats for development

HEX
#53A5C6
RGB
rgb(83, 165, 198)
HSL
hsl(197, 50%, 55%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.684 0.093 226.9)
CMYK
cmyk(58%, 17%, 0%, 22%)

Accessibility

WCAG contrast compliance

On White Background

2.78:1

AA AAA

On Black Background

7.57:1

AA AAA
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Tailwind Scale

50-950 scale matching Tailwind CSS naming

50
#F4F9
100
#E4F1
200
#CDE5
300
#A7D1
400
#79B9
500
#53A5
600
#3889
700
#2D6D
800
#204E
900
#1432
950
#0D1F

Shades

Darker variations

1#3F9ABD
2#3889A8
3#317793
4#2A667E
5#235569
6#1C4454
7#15333F
8#0E222A
9#071115

Tints

Lighter variations

1#64AECB
2#75B7D1
3#87C0D7
4#98C9DD
5#A9D2E2
6#BADBE8
7#CBE4EE
8#DDEDF4
9#EEF6F9

Tones

Muted variations

1#59A3C0
2#5EA0BA
3#649EB4
4#6A9BAF
5#7099A9
6#7596A3
7#7B949D
8#819198
9#878F92

Usage Guidelines

Recommended use cases for each shade level

LevelColorTypical Use Cases
50
F4F9
#F4F9FB
BackgroundsSubtle highlightsCard backgrounds
100
E4F1
#E4F1F6
Light backgroundsTable row hoverSkeleton loading
200
CDE5
#CDE5EE
Secondary backgroundsInput backgroundsDividers
300
A7D1
#A7D1E2
BordersInactive statesPlaceholder text
400
79B9
#79B9D2
Disabled statesSecondary iconsMuted text
500
53A5
#53A5C6
Primary brand colorCTAsActive elementsLinks
600
3889
#3889A8
Hover statesFocus ringsPrimary buttons hover
700
2D6D
#2D6D86
Active/pressed statesDark mode accentsSecondary text
800
204E
#204E60
Text on light backgroundsHeadingsStrong borders
900
1432
#14323D
Primary textHigh emphasis contentDark headings
950
0D1F
#0D1F26
Maximum contrast textDark mode backgrounds

Export Code

Copy ready-to-use code for your project

:root {
  --steel-blue-50: #F4F9FB;
  --steel-blue-100: #E4F1F6;
  --steel-blue-200: #CDE5EE;
  --steel-blue-300: #A7D1E2;
  --steel-blue-400: #79B9D2;
  --steel-blue-500: #53A5C6;
  --steel-blue-600: #3889A8;
  --steel-blue-700: #2D6D86;
  --steel-blue-800: #204E60;
  --steel-blue-900: #14323D;
  --steel-blue-950: #0D1F26;
}
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