Cadet blue

#15a9bc

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 #15a9bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#15a9bc

RGB21, 169, 188

HSL187, 80%, 41%

HSV187, 89%, 74%

CMYK89%, 10%, 0%, 26%

Lab63.48, -28.44, -19.84

XYZ23.57, 32.17, 52.54

Decimal1419708

Web safe#0099cc

Pantone312 C

Shades of cadet blue

#139bac #118c9c #107e8c #0e6f7c #0c616c #0a525c #08444c #07363c #05272c #03191c

Tints of cadet blue

#18c0d5 #23d0e6 #3dd6e9 #56dbec #70e0ef #89e6f2 #a3ebf5 #bcf1f8 #d5f6fa #effcfd

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#bc2815 Analogous#15bc7c Analogous#1555bc Triadic#bc15a9 Triadic#a9bc15 Split complementary#bc1555 Split complementary#bc7c15

Cadet blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 89, 10, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #15a9bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

89 10 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

86 13 4 32

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Cadet blue in css

Copy #15a9bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #15a9bc; }
.text { color: #15a9bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #15a9bc; }

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 #15a9bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #15a9bc 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 #15a9bc 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 #15a9bc 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 #15a9bc 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. 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.