Cadet blue

#5f9dba

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Cadet blue color values

Every conversion for #5f9dba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5f9dba

RGB95, 157, 186

HSL199, 40%, 55%

HSV199, 49%, 73%

CMYK49%, 16%, 0%, 27%

Lab61.73, -11.99, -21.21

XYZ25.64, 30.09, 50.91

Decimal6266298

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone549 C

Shades of cadet blue

#4e92b2 #4684a1 #3e7690 #36677e #2f596d #274b5b #203c4a #182e38 #112027 #091215

Tints of cadet blue

#6ea6c0 #7dafc7 #8bb8cd #9ac1d3 #a9cada #b8d3e0 #c6dce7 #d5e5ed #e4eef3 #f3f7fa

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#ba7c5f Analogous#5fbaa9 Analogous#5f70ba Triadic#ba5f9d Triadic#9dba5f Split complementary#ba5f70 Split complementary#baa95f

Cadet blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 49, 16, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5f9dba on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

49 16 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

49 19 4 33

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 #5f9dba straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5f9dba; }
.text { color: #5f9dba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5f9dba; }

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 #5f9dba against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5f9dba 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 #5f9dba 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 #5f9dba 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 #5f9dba come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.