Cadet blue

#5ea0b6

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

This is Cadet blue, a soft blue at 195 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Cadet blue color values

Every conversion for #5ea0b6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5ea0b6

RGB94, 160, 182

HSL195, 38%, 54%

HSV195, 48%, 71%

CMYK48%, 12%, 0%, 29%

Lab62.42, -15.0, -17.92

XYZ25.63, 30.9, 48.87

Decimal6201526

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone549 C

Shades of cadet blue

#4e95ad #47879c #3f788b #376a7a #305b69 #284c59 #213e48 #192f37 #112126 #0a1215

Tints of cadet blue

#6da9bd #7cb2c3 #8bbaca #99c3d1 #a8ccd8 #b7d5de #c6dde5 #d5e6ec #e4eff3 #f3f8f9

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#b6745e Analogous#5eb6a0 Analogous#5e74b6 Triadic#b65ea0 Triadic#a0b65e Split complementary#b65e74 Split complementary#b6a05e

Cadet blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 48, 12, 0, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5ea0b6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

48 12 0 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

48 15 4 35

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 #5ea0b6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5ea0b6; }
.text { color: #5ea0b6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5ea0b6; }

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 #5ea0b6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5ea0b6 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 #5ea0b6 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 #5ea0b6 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 #5ea0b6 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.