Cadet blue

#00a3af

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for cadet blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Cadet blue is a deep teal, weighty between blue and green. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Cadet blue color values

Every conversion for #00a3af, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#00a3af

RGB0, 163, 175

HSL184, 100%, 34%

HSV184, 100%, 69%

CMYK100%, 7%, 0%, 31%

Lab61.04, -30.58, -16.28

XYZ20.84, 29.29, 45.11

Decimal41903

Web safe#009999

Pantone3135 C

Shades of cadet blue

#0096a1 #008892 #007b84 #006d75 #006067 #005258 #00454a #00373b #002a2d #001d1f

Tints of cadet blue

#00c1cf #00deee #0fefff #2ff1ff #4ff3ff #6ef5ff #8ef7ff #aef9ff #cdfcff #edfeff

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#af0c00 Analogous#00af64 Analogous#004baf Triadic#af00a3 Triadic#a3af00 Split complementary#af004b Split complementary#af6400

Cadet blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 100, 7, 0, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #00a3af on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

100 7 0 31

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

96 10 4 37

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Cadet blue in css

Copy #00a3af straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #00a3af; }
.text { color: #00a3af; }
.border { border: 2px solid #00a3af; }

How cadet blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Cadet blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #00a3af against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #00a3af against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Cadet blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #00a3af sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around cadet blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn cadet blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #00a3af and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from cadet blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #00a3af are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.