Cadet blue

#2ca2ae

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 #2ca2ae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2ca2ae

RGB44, 162, 174

HSL186, 60%, 43%

HSV186, 75%, 68%

CMYK75%, 7%, 0%, 32%

Lab61.16, -27.47, -15.48

XYZ21.6, 29.43, 44.59

Decimal2925230

Web safe#339999

Pantone3135 C

Shades of cadet blue

#28949f #248690 #217881 #1d6a72 #195c63 #154e54 #124145 #0e3336 #0a2527 #061718

Tints of cadet blue

#32b6c4 #42c2cf #58c9d5 #6dd0da #83d7e0 #99dee5 #afe5eb #c5ecf0 #dbf3f6 #f1fafb

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#ae382c Analogous#2cae79 Analogous#2c61ae Triadic#ae2ca2 Triadic#a2ae2c Split complementary#ae2c61 Split complementary#ae792c

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, 7, 0, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2ca2ae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

75 7 0 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

73 10 4 38

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 #2ca2ae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2ca2ae; }
.text { color: #2ca2ae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2ca2ae; }

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 #2ca2ae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2ca2ae 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 #2ca2ae 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 #2ca2ae 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 #2ca2ae is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.