Cadet blue

#2294aa

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 strong. 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 #2294aa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2294aa

RGB34, 148, 170

HSL190, 67%, 40%

HSV190, 80%, 67%

CMYK80%, 13%, 0%, 33%

Lab56.51, -22.74, -20.31

XYZ18.51, 24.42, 41.77

Decimal2266282

Web safe#339999

Pantone313 C

Shades of cadet blue

#1f879c #1c7b8d #196e7f #166270 #145562 #114953 #0e3c45 #0b2f36 #082328 #05161a

Tints of cadet blue

#27a9c2 #30bbd6 #48c3da #60cbdf #78d3e4 #90dae9 #a8e2ee #c0eaf2 #d8f2f7 #f0fafc

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#aa3822 Analogous#22aa7c Analogous#2250aa Triadic#aa2294 Triadic#94aa22 Split complementary#aa2250 Split complementary#aa7c22

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 80, 13, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2294aa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

80 13 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

78 16 4 39

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 #2294aa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2294aa; }
.text { color: #2294aa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2294aa; }

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 #2294aa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2294aa 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 #2294aa 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 #2294aa 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 #2294aa is computed, not guessed. 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.