BLUE

Steel Blue

#4682B4

Conversions

HEX#4682B4

RGBrgb(70, 130, 180)

HSLhsl(207, 44%, 49%)

HSVhsv(207, 61%, 71%)

CMYKcmyk(61%, 28%, 0%, 29%)

Copy CSS

color: #4682b4;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(70, 130, 180);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(207, 44%, 49%);

Contrast

On whiteFail · 4.11 : 1

On ink blackPass · 4.66 : 1

Shades

Tints

Pairings

About Steel Blue

Steel Blue is the hex color #4682B4, which translates to rgb(70, 130, 180) in RGB and hsl(207, 44%, 49%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 207 degrees, with a saturation of 44 percent and a lightness of 49 percent. That combination puts Steel Blue in the workable middle of the blue family, neither pastel nor fully saturated.

How Steel Blue compares

Steel Blue is exactly the CSS keyword steelblue, so you can write the keyword instead of the hex and get an identical result. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is sky-700 (#0069A8), at a distance of 13.4. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Blue Gray at 9.3. Sorted by lightness, Steel Blue is number 14 of the 30 blue colors here.

Text on Steel Blue

One of the five common text colors below clears WCAG AA for normal text on Steel Blue, led by Ink black at 4.66:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Steel Blue already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Steel Blue. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	4.11:1	Fail	Pass	Fail
Ink black #0F0F12	4.66:1	Pass	Pass	Fail
Mid grey #6B7280	1.18:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Dark grey #374151	2.51:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Light grey #E5E7EB	3.32:1	Fail	Pass	Fail

Building a palette around Steel Blue

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Steel Blue for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Steel Blue

Format	Value
HEX	#4682B4
RGB	rgb(70, 130, 180)
HSL	hsl(207, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(207, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 28%, 0%, 29%)
OKLCH	oklch(58.80% 0.0993 245.74)
CIELAB	lab(52.47 -4.08 -32.19)

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.