Cadet blue

#139aba

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

Cadet blue is a deep teal, rich between blue and green. 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 #139aba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#139aba

RGB19, 154, 186

HSL191, 81%, 40%

HSV191, 90%, 73%

CMYK90%, 17%, 0%, 27%

Lab58.78, -21.58, -25.91

XYZ20.69, 26.79, 50.54

Decimal1284794

Web safe#0099cc

Pantone313 C

Shades of cadet blue

#118daa #10809a #0e738b #0d667b #0b586b #094b5b #083e4b #06313b #04242c #03171c

Tints of cadet blue

#16b0d4 #1ec1e8 #38c9eb #52d0ed #6dd7f0 #87def3 #a1e5f5 #bbecf8 #d5f3fb #effbfd

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#ba3313 Analogous#13ba86 Analogous#1346ba Triadic#ba139a Triadic#9aba13 Split complementary#ba1346 Split complementary#ba8613

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 90, 17, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #139aba on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

90 17 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

87 20 4 33

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 #139aba straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #139aba; }
.text { color: #139aba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #139aba; }

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 #139aba against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #139aba 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 #139aba 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 #139aba 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 #139aba is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.