Cadet blue

#38989e

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 #38989e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#38989e

RGB56, 152, 158

HSL184, 48%, 42%

HSV184, 65%, 62%

CMYK65%, 4%, 0%, 38%

Lab57.81, -25.65, -11.44

XYZ19.03, 25.77, 36.32

Decimal3709086

Web safe#339999

Pantone3135 C

Shades of cadet blue

#338b90 #2e7e83 #2a7175 #256468 #20575a #1b4a4d #163d3f #123032 #0d2324 #081617

Tints of cadet blue

#3facb3 #4eb9c0 #62c1c7 #77c9cf #8bd2d6 #a0dadd #b4e2e4 #c9eaec #ddf2f3 #f2fafa

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#9e3e38 Analogous#389e71 Analogous#38659e Triadic#9e3898 Triadic#989e38 Split complementary#9e3865 Split complementary#9e7138

Cadet blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 65, 4, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #38989e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

65 4 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

64 8 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 #38989e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #38989e; }
.text { color: #38989e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #38989e; }

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 #38989e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #38989e 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 #38989e 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 #38989e 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 #38989e come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.