Cadet blue

#298da6

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for cadet blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Cadet blue, a strong teal at 192 degrees. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Cadet blue color values

Every conversion for #298da6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#298da6

RGB41, 141, 166

HSL192, 60%, 41%

HSV192, 75%, 65%

CMYK75%, 15%, 0%, 35%

Lab54.32, -19.61, -21.36

XYZ17.32, 22.27, 39.46

Decimal2723238

Web safe#339999

Pantone640 C

Shades of cadet blue

#268198 #22758a #1f697c #1b5d6d #18515f #144551 #113943 #0d2d35 #0a2127 #061519

Tints of cadet blue

#2fa0bd #3ab1ce #51bad4 #67c3da #7eccdf #95d5e5 #acdeeb #c3e7f0 #daf0f6 #f1f9fb

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#a64229 Analogous#29a681 Analogous#294ea6 Triadic#a6298d Triadic#8da629 Split complementary#a6294e Split complementary#a68129

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 75, 15, 0, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #298da6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

75 15 0 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

73 18 4 41

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 #298da6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #298da6; }
.text { color: #298da6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #298da6; }

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 #298da6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #298da6 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 #298da6 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 #298da6 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #298da6 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.