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Steel Blue

Steel blue tempers brightness with gray: professional without navy stiffness, modern without startup neon. The enterprise-casual of blues.

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Values in every format

HEX
#4682b4
RGB
rgb(70, 130, 180)
HSL
hsl(207, 44%, 49%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.588 0.099 245.7)
CMYK
cmyk(61.1%, 27.8%, 0%, 29.4%)

Hue family: Blue · closest CSS name: steelblue. Convert this color

Perceptual shade scale

Eleven even steps from 50 to 950, computed in OKLCH — the starred stop is #4682B4 itself.

  1. 50#f1f8ff
  2. 100#dff0ff
  3. 200#c4e3ff
  4. 300#a1d2fd
  5. 400#81b9ea
  6. 500#63a0d3
  7. 600 ★#4682b4
  8. 700#316e9e
  9. 800#1f5682
  10. 900#104166
  11. 950#012844

Build a full system from #4682B4

Harmonies with steel blue

Complementary

Maximum contrast — use one side for action, the other sparingly.

#4682b4 #b47846

Analogous

Neighbors on the wheel — calm, cohesive, hard to get wrong.

#46b4af #4682b4 #464bb4

Triadic

Three evenly spaced hues — vibrant, needs one clear leader.

#4682b4 #b44682 #82b446

Measured contrast

on white4.11:1 · AA large only
on black5.11:1 · AA normal ✓

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