Cadet blue

#239faa

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 #239faa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#239faa

RGB35, 159, 170

HSL185, 66%, 40%

HSV185, 79%, 67%

CMYK79%, 6%, 0%, 33%

Lab59.94, -28.22, -15.09

XYZ20.35, 28.06, 42.37

Decimal2334634

Web safe#339999

Pantone3135 C

Shades of cadet blue

#20919c #1d848d #1a767f #176970 #145b62 #114e53 #0e4045 #0b3336 #082528 #051819

Tints of cadet blue

#28b5c2 #32c7d5 #4aceda #61d4df #79dbe3 #91e1e8 #a9e8ed #c1eef2 #d8f5f7 #f0fbfc

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#aa2e23 Analogous#23aa72 Analogous#235baa Triadic#aa239f Triadic#9faa23 Split complementary#aa235b Split complementary#aa7223

Cadet blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 79, 6, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #239faa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

79 6 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

77 10 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 #239faa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #239faa; }
.text { color: #239faa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #239faa; }

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 #239faa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #239faa 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 #239faa 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 #239faa 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 #239faa is computed, not guessed. 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.