Cadet blue

#0495a8

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

This is Cadet blue, a vivid teal at 187 degrees. 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 #0495a8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#0495a8

RGB4, 149, 168

HSL187, 95%, 34%

HSV187, 98%, 66%

CMYK98%, 11%, 0%, 34%

Lab56.43, -25.8, -19.31

XYZ17.87, 24.35, 40.8

Decimal300456

Web safe#009999

Pantone3135 C

Shades of cadet blue

#04899a #037d8c #03707f #036471 #025863 #024c55 #023f47 #01333a #01272c #011b1e

Tints of cadet blue

#05b1c7 #05cce7 #13dff9 #51e7fb #70ebfc #90f0fc #aff4fd #cef8fe #eefdff

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#a81704 Analogous#04a869 Analogous#0443a8 Triadic#a80495 Triadic#95a804 Split complementary#a80443 Split complementary#a86904

Cadet blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 98, 11, 0, 34.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #0495a8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

98 11 0 34

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

94 14 4 40

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 #0495a8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #0495a8; }
.text { color: #0495a8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #0495a8; }

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 #0495a8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #0495a8 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 #0495a8 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 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 #0495a8 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

Every value on this page for #0495a8 is computed, not guessed. 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.