#5A7A9E · Steel Blue

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#5A7A9E is a medium, muted blue color, closest to Steel Blue and near Steel Blue and Slate. In OKLCH it has 57% lightness and 0.07 chroma at hue 252°. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #5A7A9E a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#5A7A9E
RGBrgb(90, 122, 158)
HSLhsl(212, 27%, 49%)
CMYK43, 23, 0, 38
CSS var--steel-blue
Contrast4.46:1 white · 4.71:1 black

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How to use #5A7A9E

Black text passes WCAG AA on #5A7A9E (4.71:1); white text does not (4.46:1).

For a calm scheme pair #5A7A9E with its analogous neighbors #5B9C9F and #5D5B9F; for contrast use its complement #9F7F5B as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--steel-blue: #5A7A9E;

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