Steel Blue color (#4682B4)
Steel Blue is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword steelblue
anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #4682B4, which is rgb(70, 130, 180) in RGB.
It is a medium, moderately saturated cool color with a hue angle of 207° on the HSL color wheel and a perceived lightness of 59% in OKLCH. On a steel blue background, black text gives the higher contrast at 5.11:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.
Steel Blue color codes
| CSS name | steelblue |
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|---|---|---|
| HEX | #4682B4 |
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| HEX (8-digit) | #4682B4FF |
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| RGB | rgb(70, 130, 180) |
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| HSL | hsl(207, 44%, 49%) |
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| HSV / HSB | hsv(207, 61%, 71%) |
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| OKLCH | oklch(58.8% 0.0993 245.7) |
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| CMYK | cmyk(61.1%, 27.8%, 0%, 29.4%) |
Contrast with white and black
WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for steel blue used as text and as a background.
Tints and shades of steel blue
Tints mix steel blue with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.
Tints
Shades
Colors that go with steel blue
Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-Complementary
Steel Blue with color blindness
Approximately how steel blue appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.
Using steel blue in CSS
.element {
color: steelblue;
background-color: #4682b4;
border-color: rgb(70 130 180 / 50%);
outline-color: oklch(58.8% 0.0993 245.7);
}Similar named colors
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