Cadet blue

#5aa5be

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

Cadet blue sits in the blue band, mid and soft. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Cadet blue color values

Every conversion for #5aa5be, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5aa5be

RGB90, 165, 190

HSL195, 43%, 55%

HSV195, 53%, 75%

CMYK53%, 13%, 0%, 25%

Lab64.0, -16.28, -20.01

XYZ26.97, 32.8, 53.63

Decimal5940670

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone549 C

Shades of cadet blue

#489bb7 #418ca5 #3a7d93 #336e81 #2c5f6f #254f5e #1e404c #17313a #102228 #091316

Tints of cadet blue

#69adc4 #78b6ca #88bed0 #97c6d6 #a6cfdc #b5d7e2 #c5dfe8 #d4e7ee #e3f0f4 #f2f8fa

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#be735a Analogous#5abea5 Analogous#5a73be Triadic#be5aa5 Triadic#a5be5a Split complementary#be5a73 Split complementary#bea55a

Cadet blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 53, 13, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5aa5be on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

53 13 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

53 16 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 #5aa5be straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5aa5be; }
.text { color: #5aa5be; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5aa5be; }

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 #5aa5be against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5aa5be 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 #5aa5be 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 #5aa5be 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 #5aa5be 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.