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#457B9D · Steel Blue
Click to copy#457B9D is a medium, muted blue color, closest to Steel Blue and near Steel Blue and Cerulean. In OKLCH it has 56% lightness and 0.08 chroma at hue 238°. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #457B9D a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 5 ColorSwoop palettes.
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HEX
#457B9DRGB
rgb(69, 123, 157)HSL
hsl(203, 39%, 44%)CMYK
56, 22, 0, 38CSS var
--steel-blueContrast
4.59:1 white · 4.57:1 blackSimilar named colors
How to use #457B9D
Both white and black text pass WCAG AA on it, so it is easy to use as a background.
For a calm scheme pair #457B9D with its analogous neighbors #449C92 and #444F9C; for contrast use its complement #9C6644 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.
--steel-blue: #457B9D;
$steel-blue: #457B9D;
colors: { 'steel-blue': '#457B9D' }