Cadet blue

#71a19f

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

Cadet blue is a mid teal, confident between blue and green. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Cadet blue color values

Every conversion for #71a19f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#71a19f

RGB113, 161, 159

HSL178, 20%, 54%

HSV178, 30%, 63%

CMYK30%, 0%, 1%, 37%

Lab62.93, -16.42, -4.13

XYZ25.81, 31.5, 37.52

Decimal7446943

Web safe#669999

Pantone5483 C

Shades of cadet blue

#639694 #5a8886 #507977 #466a69 #3d5c5a #334d4c #293e3d #20302f #162121 #0c1212

Tints of cadet blue

#7eaaa8 #8bb2b1 #98bbba #a6c4c2 #b3cccb #c0d5d4 #cddedd #dae7e6 #e7efef #f4f8f8

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#a17173 Analogous#71a187 Analogous#718ba1 Triadic#9f71a1 Triadic#a19f71 Split complementary#a1718b Split complementary#a18771

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 30, 0, 1, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #71a19f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

30 0 1 37

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

32 4 5 43

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 #71a19f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #71a19f; }
.text { color: #71a19f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #71a19f; }

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 #71a19f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #71a19f 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 #71a19f 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 #71a19f 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 #71a19f 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.