#5C7BA8 · Steel Blue

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#5C7BA8 is a medium, muted blue color, closest to Steel Blue and near Steel Blue and Slate. In OKLCH it has 58% lightness and 0.08 chroma at hue 258°. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #5C7BA8 a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#5C7BA8
RGBrgb(92, 123, 168)
HSLhsl(216, 30%, 51%)
CMYK45, 27, 0, 34
CSS var--steel-blue
Contrast4.33:1 white · 4.85:1 black

Similar named colors

Steel Blue #4682B4Slate #708090Cerulean #007BA7Slate Gray #5D6D7EOcean #0077BE

How to use #5C7BA8

Black text passes WCAG AA on #5C7BA8 (4.85:1); white text does not (4.33:1).

For a calm scheme pair #5C7BA8 with its analogous neighbors #5DA0A8 and #645DA8; for contrast use its complement #A88A5D as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--steel-blue: #5C7BA8;

Shades & tints

#121922#253143#374A65#4A6286#5C7BA8#7D95B9#9DB0CB#BECADC#DEE5EE

Color harmonies for #5C7BA8

Complementary

#5C7BA8#A88A5D

Analogous

#5C7BA8#5DA0A8#645DA8

Triadic

#5C7BA8#A85D7B#7BA85D

Split complementary

#5C7BA8#A8645D#A0A85D

Tetradic

#5C7BA8#A85DA0#A88A5D#5DA864

Palettes with #5C7BA8