Steel BlueIt is a pastel azure color having an approximate luminance of 52%. It has a hue value of 207° indicating that this is a cold color.
Some of the most similar colors to this color are Green-blue (Crayola), Star Command Blue, Blue (NCS), Glaucous, Tufts Blue, Bright Navy Blue, Navy Blue (Crayola), Bleu De France, French Blue and Cerulean. A little below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.
The following list contains the conversion results of color Steel Blue to RGB, hexadecimal, HSL, HSV, Lab and XYZ colorspaces: each format represents the same color.
rgb(70, 130, 180)#4682b4hsl(207.3, 44%, 49%)hsv(207.3, 61.1%, 70.6%)lab(52.5, -4.1, -32.2)xyz(18.7, 20.6, 46.2)The hexadecimal, RGB and HSL values can be used in CSS files to define colors of different objects. Select a value easily by clicking on it!
The most important note: in real life paints might have a different shade compared to as they appear on your display. You shall always consult and double-check colors with a professional paint provider before you order.
The following list contains the nearest matching standard colors. The left hexagon is the reference, the right one is the matched color. For each color there is a link to our partner MyPerfectColor.com, where you can buy paints of the corresponding colors.
PANTONE and other Pantone, Inc. trademarks are the property of Pantone, Inc., Sherwin-Williams colors are property of The Sherwin-Williams Company.
Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to it respectively. The process results a harmonic color scale.
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Tints
These are the color variants which are generated by adding white color to the base Steel Blue color. This process results a scale from a pastel azure color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.
This color scale contains similar colors to Cerulean Frost, Air Superiority Blue, Iceberg, Blue-gray, Light Steel Blue, Pale Cerulean, Baby Blue Eyes, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Beau Blue, Pale Aqua, Periwinkle (Crayola), Alice Blue, Ghost White, Cultured and Gainsboro.
Shades
These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base Steel Blue color. This process results a scale from a pastel azure color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.
This color scale contains similar colors to Lapis Lazuli, Queen Blue, B'dazzled Blue, Sapphire Blue, Indigo Dye, Charcoal, Prussian Blue, Yale Blue, Gunmetal, Outer Space (Crayola), Rich Black (FOGRA29), Eigengrau, Eerie Black and Rich Black (FOGRA39).
Tones
These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base Steel Blue color. This process results a scale from a pastel azure color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.
This color scale contains similar colors to Glaucous, Blue Yonder, Shadow Blue, Slate Gray, Light Slate Gray, Roman Silver, Gray (Web) and Sonic Silver.
Color schemes represent a set of colors creating a harmonic and aesthetic feeling. Color schemes are generated by choosing colors around the color wheel.
We can talk about monochromatic, complementary, triadic and tetradic color schemes, choosing one, two, three or four colors around the color wheel respectively. In the following tables these color schemes are present.
Monochromatic
The monochromatic scale is generated by choosing colors on the color wheel near to the base color. As the colors of the monochromatic scale are close to each other, they create a harmonic feeling.
This color scale contains cold colors. There are variants of cyan, azure, blue and magenta colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Deep Jungle Green, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Maximum Blue Green, Verdigris, Blue Sapphire, Maximum Blue, Cerulean (Crayola), Indigo Dye, USAFA Blue, French Sky Blue, Aero, Purple Navy, Dark Slate Blue, Maximum Blue Purple, Blue Bell, Japanese Violet, English Violet, Wisteria and Lilac.
Complementary
The complementary scale is generated by choosing the color on the opposite side on the color wheel relative to the base color. This results in slight vibrating tension between the complementary colors.
This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of azure and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Indigo Dye, Prussian Blue, Green-blue (Crayola), Baby Blue Eyes, Uranian Blue, Pullman Brown (UPS Brown), Café Noir, Metallic Sunburst, Gold Fusion, Deep Champagne and Sunset.
Triadic
The triadic scale is generated by choosing two colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combines the slight vibrating tension and the harmonic feeling between the triadic colors.
This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of azure, green and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Indigo Dye, USAFA Blue, Aero, French Sky Blue, Forest Green (Traditional), UP Forest Green, Dark Sea Green, Eton Blue, Wine, Catawba, Pastel Pink and New York Pink.
Tetradic
The tetradic scale is generated by choosing three colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combination covers the whole color wheel containing both the complementary and harmonic colors of the base color.
This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of azure, rose, orange, cyan and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Indigo Dye, USAFA Blue, Aero, French Sky Blue, Wine Dregs, Old Mauve, Charm Pink, Amaranth Pink, Pullman Brown (UPS Brown), Field Drab, Light French Beige, Fallow, Blue-green (color Wheel), Brunswick Green, Keppel and Green Sheen.
If you want to have a more detailed control of the colors in the schemes, have a look at the Spektran application too!
You can link and share this page in multiple ways according to the color format you would like to use.
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/lab/52.5,-4.1,-32.2
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