Cadet blue

#8eaaa0

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

This is Cadet blue, a muted green at 159 degrees. A mid green this grounded suits sustainability and outdoor brands. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Cadet blue color values

Every conversion for #8eaaa0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8eaaa0

RGB142, 170, 160

HSL159, 14%, 61%

HSV159, 16%, 67%

CMYK16%, 0%, 6%, 33%

Lab67.31, -11.69, 1.93

XYZ31.88, 37.04, 38.73

Decimal9349792

Web safe#999999

Pantone5497 C

Shades of cadet blue

#7e9e92 #6e9285 #628276 #567268 #4a6259 #3d524a #31423c #25322d #19221f #0d1110

Tints of cadet blue

#98b2a9 #a3b9b1 #adc1ba #b7c9c3 #c1d1cb #ccd8d4 #d6e0dd #e0e8e5 #ebf0ee #f5f7f6

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#aa8e98 Analogous#8eaa92 Analogous#8ea6aa Triadic#a08eaa Triadic#aaa08e Split complementary#aa8ea6 Split complementary#aa928e

Cadet blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 16, 0, 6, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8eaaa0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 0 6 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 4 10 39

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 #8eaaa0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8eaaa0; }
.text { color: #8eaaa0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8eaaa0; }

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 #8eaaa0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8eaaa0 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 #8eaaa0 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 #8eaaa0 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 #8eaaa0 are worked out. 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.