Cadet blue

#2ea3a7

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, serious 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 #2ea3a7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2ea3a7

RGB46, 163, 167

HSL182, 57%, 42%

HSV182, 72%, 65%

CMYK72%, 2%, 0%, 35%

Lab61.28, -29.87, -11.36

XYZ21.2, 29.57, 41.15

Decimal3056551

Web safe#339999

Pantone320 C

Shades of cadet blue

#2a9599 #26878a #22797c #1e6b6e #1a5d5f #164f51 #124143 #0e3335 #0b2526 #071718

Tints of cadet blue

#34b8bd #42c6cb #58cdd1 #6ed3d7 #84dadd #99e1e3 #afe7e9 #c5eeef #dbf4f5 #f1fbfb

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#a7322e Analogous#2ea76e Analogous#2e67a7 Triadic#a72ea3 Triadic#a3a72e Split complementary#a72e67 Split complementary#a76e2e

Cadet blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 72, 2, 0, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2ea3a7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

72 2 0 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

70 6 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Cadet blue in css

Copy #2ea3a7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2ea3a7; }
.text { color: #2ea3a7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2ea3a7; }

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 #2ea3a7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2ea3a7 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Cadet blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #2ea3a7 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn cadet blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #2ea3a7 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 #2ea3a7 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.