Cadet blue

#429daa

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 188 degrees. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Cadet blue color values

Every conversion for #429daa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#429daa

RGB66, 157, 170

HSL188, 44%, 46%

HSV188, 61%, 67%

CMYK61%, 8%, 0%, 33%

Lab60.05, -22.85, -14.86

XYZ21.56, 28.17, 42.33

Decimal4365738

Web safe#339999

Pantone3135 C

Shades of cadet blue

#3c8f9b #37828c #31747e #2b666f #255960 #204b51 #1a3d42 #143034 #0e2225 #091416

Tints of cadet blue

#4cacba #5fb4c1 #71bdc8 #83c6cf #96ced6 #a8d7dd #bbdfe5 #cde8ec #e0f0f3 #f2f9fa

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#aa4f42 Analogous#42aa83 Analogous#4269aa Triadic#aa429d Triadic#9daa42 Split complementary#aa4269 Split complementary#aa8342

Cadet blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 61, 8, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #429daa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

61 8 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

60 11 4 39

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 #429daa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #429daa; }
.text { color: #429daa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #429daa; }

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 #429daa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #429daa 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 #429daa 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 #429daa 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 #429daa are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.