Steel Blue (Blue)

#4971BC

RGB: 73, 113, 188

Color OverviewHEX #4971BC

#4971BC Color Code Information

In the RGB color space, #4971BC is composed of 29% red, 44% green, and 74% blue. In the HSL color space, it has a hue of 219°, saturation of 46%, and lightness of 51%.

HEX

#4971BC

RGB

73, 113, 188

HSL

219°, 46%, 51%

HSV

219°, 61%, 74%

CMYK

61%, 40%, 0%, 26%

Name Match

Steel Blue

Closest Standard

Shades of #4971BC (Darker Variations)

Shades are created by progressively mixing the base color with black.

Tints of #4971BC (Lighter Variations)

Tints are created by progressively mixing the base color with pure white.

Tones of #4971BC (Muted Variations)

Tones are created by mixing the base color with true neutral gray.

Color Harmonies for #4971BC

Calculated color schemes based on classic color wheel angles for graphic and web design.

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split Complementary

Monochromatic

WCAG Accessibility Contrast Ratios

Verification against Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) standards for web text readability.

Sample Text on #4971BC Background

Contrast Ratio against Pure White (#FFFFFF):4.8 : 1

WCAG AA (4.5:1)

WCAG AAA (7.0:1)

Sample Text on #4971BC Background

Contrast Ratio against Pure Black (#000000):4.37 : 1

WCAG AA (4.5:1)

WCAG AAA (7.0:1)

Developer Code Snippets & Tailwind CSS

CSS Variables & Declarations

:root {
  --color-brand: #4971BC;
}

.element {
  color: #4971BC;
  background-color: #4971BC;
  border-color: #4971BC;
}

Tailwind CSS v4 Utility Classes

<!-- Tailwind Arbitrary Values -->
<div className="bg-[#4971BC] text-[#4971BC] border-[#4971BC]">
  Content styled with #4971BC
</div>