Cadet blue

#00a6c5

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, deep and vivid. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Cadet blue color values

Every conversion for #00a6c5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#00a6c5
RGB0, 166, 197
HSL189, 100%, 39%
HSV189, 100%, 77%
CMYK100%, 16%, 0%, 23%
Lab62.76, -24.73, -25.97
XYZ23.71, 31.3, 57.62
Decimal42693
Web safe#0099cc
Pantone801 C
Pantone801 CHex#00a6c5Rgb0 166 197Cmyk100 16 0 23Lab63 -25 -26Darker#00343dDeep#006a7eLighter#19d1f3

Shades of cadet blue

Tints of cadet blue

Colors that go with cadet blue

Cadet blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 100, 16, 0, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #00a6c5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
100 16 0 23
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
96 19 4 29
The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Cadet blue in css

Copy #00a6c5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #00a6c5; }
.text { color: #00a6c5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #00a6c5; }

How cadet blue looks on light and dark

Cadet blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #00a6c5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.89:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
7.26:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #00a6c5 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Cadet blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #00a6c5 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around cadet blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn cadet blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #00a6c5 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from cadet blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #00a6c5 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.