#4F7CAC · Steel Blue

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#4F7CAC is a medium, muted blue color, closest to Steel Blue and near Steel Blue and Cerulean. In OKLCH it has 57% lightness and 0.09 chroma at hue 251°. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #4F7CAC a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#4F7CAC
RGBrgb(79, 124, 172)
HSLhsl(211, 37%, 49%)
CMYK54, 28, 0, 33
CSS var--steel-blue
Contrast4.36:1 white · 4.81:1 black

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How to use #4F7CAC

Black text passes WCAG AA on #4F7CAC (4.81:1); white text does not (4.36:1).

For a calm scheme pair #4F7CAC with its analogous neighbors #4FAAAB and #504FAB; for contrast use its complement #AB7E4F as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--steel-blue: #4F7CAC;

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