Cadet blue

#2199ba

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 #2199ba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2199ba

RGB33, 153, 186

HSL193, 70%, 43%

HSV193, 82%, 73%

CMYK82%, 18%, 0%, 27%

Lab58.65, -20.07, -26.1

XYZ20.88, 26.65, 50.5

Decimal2202042

Web safe#3399cc

Pantone639 C

Shades of cadet blue

#1e8caa #1b7f9a #18728a #16647a #13576a #104a5a #0d3d4a #0a303a #07232a #05151a

Tints of cadet blue

#25acd1 #36b8db #4dc0df #65c8e4 #7cd0e8 #93d9ec #aae1f0 #c1e9f4 #d9f1f8 #f0fafc

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#ba4221 Analogous#21ba8f Analogous#214cba Triadic#ba2199 Triadic#99ba21 Split complementary#ba214c Split complementary#ba8e21

Cadet blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 82, 18, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2199ba on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

82 18 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

79 21 4 33

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #2199ba straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2199ba; }
.text { color: #2199ba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2199ba; }

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 #2199ba against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2199ba 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 #2199ba 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 #2199ba 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 #2199ba come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.