Steel blue color
A mid blue, moderately muted. Calm and dependable.
- Hex
- #4A7AA6
- RGB
- 74, 122, 166
- OKLCH
- 56.4% 0.086 247.6
- Value
- 5 of 10
- Family
- Blue
Steel blue tints, tones and shades
A tint adds white, a tone adds gray of the same lightness, and a shade adds black. Each row starts with steel blue itself.
Tints
#4A7AA6#6D94B8#91AECA#B5C9DC#DAE4ED
Tones
#4A7AA6#547A9D#5D7993#667889#6E7780
Shades
#4A7AA6#385C7E#264057#162534#070E14
The opposite of steel blue
Opposite steel blue on the color wheel sits cocoa, #7C5D48. Side by side, each makes the other look stronger; mixed, they turn each other gray.
Steel blue
Cocoa
Colors that go with steel blue
With its opposite
#4A7AA6 · #D0DDE9 · #716157 · #7C5D48 · #1F1610
With its neighbors
#2B8297 · #4A7AA6 · #6971A8 · #C7D6E5 · #162534
One color, light to dark
#E3EAF2 · #667889 · #4A7AA6 · #1E3245 · #070E14
Steel blue in paintings
The nearest colors to steel blue in our painting palettes.
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