Cadet blue

#2aa6bb

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, mid and strong. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Cadet blue color values

Every conversion for #2aa6bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2aa6bb

RGB42, 166, 187

HSL189, 63%, 45%

HSV189, 78%, 73%

CMYK78%, 11%, 0%, 27%

Lab62.8, -25.58, -20.28

XYZ23.56, 31.35, 51.82

Decimal2795195

Web safe#3399cc

Pantone312 C

Shades of cadet blue

#2698ab #23899b #1f7b8a #1b6c7a #185e6a #14505a #11414a #0d3339 #092529 #061619

Tints of cadet blue

#2fb9d0 #45c0d5 #5ac7da #6fcfdf #85d6e4 #9adde8 #b0e4ed #c5ecf2 #dbf3f7 #f0fafc

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#bb3f2a Analogous#2abb88 Analogous#2a5dbb Triadic#bb2aa6 Triadic#a6bb2a Split complementary#bb2a5d Split complementary#bb882a

Cadet blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 78, 11, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2aa6bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

78 11 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

76 14 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 #2aa6bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2aa6bb; }
.text { color: #2aa6bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2aa6bb; }

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 #2aa6bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2aa6bb 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 #2aa6bb 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 #2aa6bb 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 #2aa6bb 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. 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.