Cadet blue

#1ca3be

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, weighty 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 #1ca3be, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1ca3be

RGB28, 163, 190

HSL190, 74%, 43%

HSV190, 85%, 75%

CMYK85%, 14%, 0%, 25%

Lab61.79, -24.32, -23.53

XYZ22.87, 30.16, 53.33

Decimal1876926

Web safe#3399cc

Pantone632 C

Shades of cadet blue

#1a95ae #17879d #15798d #126b7d #105d6c #0e4f5c #0b414c #09333b #06252b #04171b

Tints of cadet blue

#20b7d6 #30c3e1 #48cae4 #60d1e8 #78d8eb #90dfef #a8e6f2 #c0edf6 #d8f4f9 #effafd

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#be371c Analogous#1cbe88 Analogous#1c52be Triadic#be1ca3 Triadic#a3be1c Split complementary#be1c52 Split complementary#be881c

Cadet blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 85, 14, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1ca3be on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

85 14 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

82 17 4 31

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 #1ca3be straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1ca3be; }
.text { color: #1ca3be; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1ca3be; }

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 #1ca3be against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1ca3be 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 #1ca3be 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 #1ca3be 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 #1ca3be is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.