#5C6BA6 · Steel Blue

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#5C6BA6 is a medium, muted blue color, closest to Steel Blue and near Steel Blue and Slate Gray. In OKLCH it has 54% lightness and 0.09 chroma at hue 272°. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #5C6BA6 a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#5C6BA6
RGBrgb(92, 107, 166)
HSLhsl(228, 29%, 51%)
CMYK45, 36, 0, 35
CSS var--steel-blue
Contrast5.11:1 white · 4.11:1 black

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How to use #5C6BA6

White text passes WCAG AA on #5C6BA6 (5.11:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #5C6BA6 with its analogous neighbors #5E91A6 and #745EA6; for contrast use its complement #A6985E as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--steel-blue: #5C6BA6;

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