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#118AB2
#118AB2 · near Steel Blue
Click to copy#118AB2 (RGB 17, 138, 178) is a medium, moderately saturated blue, closest to Steel Blue and near Cerulean and Ocean. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #118AB2 a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette. In OKLCH it has 59% lightness and 0.11 chroma at hue 228°.
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HEX
#118AB2RGB
rgb(17, 138, 178)HSL
hsl(195, 83%, 38%)CMYK
90, 22, 0, 30CSS var
--steel-blueContrast
3.96:1 white · 5.3:1 blackSimilar named colors
How to use #118AB2
Black text passes WCAG AA on #118AB2 (5.3:1); white text does not (3.96:1).
For a calm scheme pair #118AB2 with its analogous neighbors #10B189 and #1039B1; for contrast use its complement #B13910 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.
--steel-blue: #118AB2;
$steel-blue: #118AB2;
colors: { 'steel-blue': '#118AB2' } Color card
