Cadet blue

#369fbf

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

This is Cadet blue, a strong teal at 194 degrees. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Cadet blue color values

Every conversion for #369fbf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#369fbf

RGB54, 159, 191

HSL194, 56%, 48%

HSV194, 72%, 75%

CMYK72%, 17%, 0%, 25%

Lab61.08, -19.22, -25.14

XYZ23.32, 29.34, 53.72

Decimal3579839

Web safe#3399cc

Pantone639 C

Shades of cadet blue

#3191ae #2d839e #28758d #23677c #1e596b #1a4c5b #153e4a #103039 #0b2229 #071418

Tints of cadet blue

#44abca #57b3cf #6abcd5 #7dc5da #91cde0 #a4d6e5 #b7dfeb #cbe7f0 #def0f6 #f1f9fb

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#bf5636 Analogous#36bf9b Analogous#365abf Triadic#bf369f Triadic#9fbf36 Split complementary#bf365a Split complementary#bf9b36

Cadet blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 72, 17, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #369fbf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

72 17 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

70 20 4 31

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

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #369fbf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #369fbf; }
.text { color: #369fbf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #369fbf; }

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 #369fbf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #369fbf 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 #369fbf 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 #369fbf 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

The figures for #369fbf come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.