Cadet blue

#07acca

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 189 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 #07acca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#07acca

RGB7, 172, 202

HSL189, 93%, 41%

HSV189, 97%, 79%

CMYK97%, 15%, 0%, 21%

Lab64.82, -25.86, -25.59

XYZ25.5, 33.81, 61.06

Decimal502986

Web safe#0099cc

Pantone801 C

Shades of cadet blue

#069db9 #068fa8 #058096 #057185 #046374 #035463 #034551 #023740 #02282f #01191e

Tints of cadet blue

#08c3e5 #13d4f7 #2ed9f8 #4adef9 #65e3fa #80e8fb #9cedfc #b7f2fd #d2f7fd #eefcfe

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#ca2507 Analogous#07ca87 Analogous#074aca Triadic#ca07ac Triadic#acca07 Split complementary#ca074a Split complementary#ca8607

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 97, 15, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #07acca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

97 15 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

93 18 4 27

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 #07acca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #07acca; }
.text { color: #07acca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #07acca; }

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 #07acca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #07acca 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 #07acca 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 #07acca 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 #07acca 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. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.