HEX Color #507CBD (Steelblue)

About #507CBD

The precise color #507CBD is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Steelblue. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(80, 124, 189).

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 58% cyan and 34% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 215.8 degrees, it sits comfortably in the blue spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#507CBD

RGB80, 124, 189

HSL215.8°, 45.2%, 52.7%

CMYK58%, 34%, 0%, 26%

HSV215.8°, 57.7%, 74.1%

LAB51.6, 4.5, -38.7

XYZ19.7, 19.8, 50.9

Decimal5274813

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#507CBD #BD9150

Analogous

#50B2BD #5A50BD

Triadic

#BD507B #7BBD50

Tetradic

#BD50B2 #BD9150 #50BD5A

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#507CBD

#638AC4

#7699CB

#8AA7D3

#9DB6DA

#B1C4E1

#C4D3E9

#D8E1F0

#EBF0F7

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#507CBD

#476EA8

#3E6093

#35527E

#2C4469

#233754

#1A293F

#111B2A

#080D15

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.23:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

4.96:1

Text on #000000

AA

4.05:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA Large

4.22:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #507CBD; }

.text-color { color: #507CBD; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #507CBD; }

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