Cadet blue

#3291ad

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, deep and strong. 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 #3291ad, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3291ad

RGB50, 145, 173

HSL194, 55%, 44%

HSV194, 71%, 68%

CMYK71%, 16%, 0%, 32%

Lab56.03, -18.22, -22.72

XYZ18.98, 23.95, 43.16

Decimal3314093

Web safe#339999

Pantone313 C

Shades of cadet blue

#2e849e #29788f #256b80 #215f71 #1c5262 #184653 #143945 #0f2d36 #0b2027 #071418

Tints of cadet blue

#38a3c2 #4aadcb #5fb7d1 #74c0d7 #89cadd #9ed3e3 #b3dde9 #c7e6ef #dceff5 #f1f9fb

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#ad4e32 Analogous#32ad8b Analogous#3254ad Triadic#ad3291 Triadic#91ad32 Split complementary#ad3254 Split complementary#ad8b32

Cadet blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 71, 16, 0, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3291ad on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

71 16 0 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

69 19 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 #3291ad straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3291ad; }
.text { color: #3291ad; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3291ad; }

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 #3291ad against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3291ad 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 #3291ad 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 #3291ad 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

Here is how the numbers for #3291ad are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.