Cadet blue

#369f9f

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

This is Cadet blue, a soft teal at 180 degrees. 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 #369f9f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#369f9f

RGB54, 159, 159

HSL180, 49%, 42%

HSV180, 66%, 62%

CMYK66%, 0%, 0%, 38%

Lab59.96, -29.16, -8.79

XYZ20.18, 28.08, 37.16

Decimal3579807

Web safe#339999

Pantone320 C

Shades of cadet blue

#319191 #2d8484 #287676 #246969 #1f5b5b #1a4d4d #164040 #113232 #0c2424 #081717

Tints of cadet blue

#3db4b4 #4bc2c2 #60c9c9 #75d0d0 #89d7d7 #9edede #b3e5e5 #c8ecec #ddf3f3 #f2fafa

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#9f3636 Analogous#369f6b Analogous#366a9f Triadic#9f369f Triadic#9f9f36 Split complementary#9f366b Split complementary#9f6b36

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 66, 0, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #369f9f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

66 0 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

65 4 4 44

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 #369f9f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #369f9f; }
.text { color: #369f9f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #369f9f; }

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 #369f9f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #369f9f 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 #369f9f 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 #369f9f 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 #369f9f are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.