Steel blue

Steel blue is a shade of blue color that resembles blue steel, i.e., steel which has been subjected to bluing for protection from rust. It is one of the less vibrant shades of blue, and is usually identified as a blue-grey color.

Steel Blue
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#4682B4
sRGBB (r, g, b)(70, 130, 180)
HSV (h, s, v)(207°, 61%, 71%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(52, 54, 243°)
SourceX11[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptorModerate blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The first recorded use of steel blue as a color name in English was in 1817.[2]

Blue steel
Blue steel

In 1987, Steel blue was included as one of the X11 colors, later also known as the X11 web colors after the invention of the World Wide Web in 1991.

Variations of steel blue

Light steel blue

Light Steel Blue
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#B0C4DE
sRGBB (r, g, b)(176, 196, 222)
HSV (h, s, v)(214°, 21%, 87%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(78, 26, 243°)
SourceX11
ISCC–NBS descriptorPale blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the web color light steel blue, a light tint of steel blue.

Steel blue in nature

Beetles

Fish

Birds

Steel blue in culture

Sports

See also

References

  1. CSS Color Module Level 3
  2. Aloys John Maerz; M. Rea Paul (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 205.
  3. Robert Jay Goldstein (2001). Bettas: everything about history, care, nutrition, handling, and behavior. Barron's. p. 52. ISBN 9780764116537. The steel blue results from two identical genes for blue color.
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