Cadet blue

#388ca0

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 192 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 #388ca0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#388ca0

RGB56, 140, 160

HSL192, 48%, 42%

HSV192, 65%, 63%

CMYK65%, 12%, 0%, 37%

Lab54.17, -18.8, -18.1

XYZ17.35, 22.13, 36.62

Decimal3706016

Web safe#339999

Pantone314 C

Shades of cadet blue

#338092 #2e7485 #2a6877 #255c69 #20505b #1b444e #163840 #122c32 #0d2024 #081417

Tints of cadet blue

#3f9eb4 #4eabc1 #63b5c8 #77becf #8cc8d7 #a0d2de #b4dce5 #c9e5ec #ddeff3 #f2f9fa

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#a04c38 Analogous#38a080 Analogous#3858a0 Triadic#a0388c Triadic#8ca038 Split complementary#a03858 Split complementary#a08038

Cadet blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 65, 12, 0, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #388ca0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

65 12 0 37

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

64 15 4 43

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 #388ca0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #388ca0; }
.text { color: #388ca0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #388ca0; }

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 #388ca0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #388ca0 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 #388ca0 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 #388ca0 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 #388ca0 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. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.