Cadet blue

#638688

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

Cadet blue lands where green meets blue, mid and muted. 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 #638688, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#638688

RGB99, 134, 136

HSL183, 16%, 46%

HSV183, 27%, 53%

CMYK27%, 1%, 0%, 47%

Lab53.47, -11.71, -5.07

XYZ18.11, 21.48, 26.48

Decimal6522504

Web safe#669999

Pantone5483 C

Shades of cadet blue

#5a7a7c #526f70 #496365 #415759 #384c4d #2f4041 #273435 #1e2929 #161d1e #0d1112

Tints of cadet blue

#6f9496 #7e9fa1 #8caaac #9bb5b6 #aac0c1 #b9cbcc #c8d6d7 #d7e1e2 #e6eced #f5f7f7

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#886563 Analogous#638878 Analogous#637488 Triadic#886386 Triadic#868863 Split complementary#886373 Split complementary#887863

Cadet blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 27, 1, 0, 47.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #638688 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

27 1 0 47

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

29 5 4 53

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 #638688 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #638688; }
.text { color: #638688; }
.border { border: 2px solid #638688; }

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 #638688 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #638688 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 #638688 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 #638688 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 #638688 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.