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Steel Blue Color

#4682b4

Steel Blue Color

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A muted, grayish blue named after the color of oxidized steel.

Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#4682b4

RGB

rgb(70, 130, 180)

HSL

hsl(207.3, 44%, 49%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(207.3, 61.1%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.1%, 27.8%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(52.47, -4.08, -32.19)

LCH

lch(52.47, 32.45, 262.78)

OKLCH

oklch(58.8%, 0.0994, 245.76)

HWB

hwb(207.3, 27.5%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b47846

Analogous

#46b4af

#4682b4

#464bb4

Triadic

#4682b4

#b44682

#82b446

Split-complementary

#4682b4

#b4464b

#b4af46

Tetradic

#4682b4

#7846b4

#b47846

#82b446

Square

#4682b4

#af46b4

#b47846

#4bb446

Shades

Steel Blue Color mixed toward black.

#3a6c96

#2f5778

#23415a

#172b3c

#0c161e

Tints

Steel Blue Color mixed toward white.

#6397c2

#82acce

#a1c1db

#c1d5e7

#e0eaf3

Tones

Steel Blue Color mixed toward gray.

#4f81ab

#5880a2

#617f98

#6b7f8f

#747e86

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6566aa · ΔE 15.3

Deuteranopia

#625da7 · ΔE 17.7

Tritanopia

#4aa19f · ΔE 21.7

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 18.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4682b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4682b4]

Related colors

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

Steel Blue (#4682b4) is rgb(70, 130, 180) in RGB.

No, #4682b4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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