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Steel blue

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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)

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-gray color.

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

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Light steel blue

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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 (Crayola)

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Steel Blue (Crayola)
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#0081AB
sRGBB (r, g, b)(0, 129, 171)
HSV (h, s, v)(195°, 100%, 67%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(50, 56, 232°)
SourceCrayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color that is called "steel blue" in Crayola crayons. Steel blue has been a Crayola Metallic FX color since 2001.

Steel blue in nature

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Beetles

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Fish

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Birds

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Steel blue in culture

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Sports

See also

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References

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  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.