Cadet blue

#3b939e

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 soft. 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 #3b939e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3b939e

RGB59, 147, 158

HSL187, 46%, 43%

HSV187, 63%, 62%

CMYK63%, 7%, 0%, 38%

Lab56.35, -22.58, -13.63

XYZ18.41, 24.27, 36.06

Decimal3904414

Web safe#339999

Pantone3135 C

Shades of cadet blue

#368690 #317a83 #2c6d75 #276068 #22545a #1d474d #183b3f #122e31 #0d2124 #081516

Tints of cadet blue

#42a6b2 #52b2be #66bbc6 #7ac4cd #8ecdd5 #a2d6dc #b6dfe4 #cae7eb #def0f3 #f2f9fa

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#9e463b Analogous#3b9e77 Analogous#3b629e Triadic#9e3b93 Triadic#939e3b Split complementary#9e3b62 Split complementary#9e773b

Cadet blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 63, 7, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3b939e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

63 7 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

62 10 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 #3b939e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3b939e; }
.text { color: #3b939e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3b939e; }

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 #3b939e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3b939e 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 #3b939e 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 #3b939e 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 #3b939e 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 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.