Cadet blue

#459797

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 #459797, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#459797

RGB69, 151, 151

HSL180, 37%, 43%

HSV180, 54%, 59%

CMYK54%, 0%, 0%, 41%

Lab57.69, -24.72, -7.59

XYZ19.11, 25.63, 33.22

Decimal4560791

Web safe#339999

Pantone320 C

Shades of cadet blue

#3f8a8a #397d7d #337070 #2d6363 #275656 #214949 #1b3c3c #152f2f #102222 #0a1515

Tints of cadet blue

#4eaaaa #5db5b5 #70bebe #83c6c6 #95cfcf #a8d7d7 #bbe0e0 #cde8e8 #e0f1f1 #f3f9f9

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#974545 Analogous#45976e Analogous#456e97 Triadic#974597 Triadic#979745 Split complementary#97456e Split complementary#976e45

Cadet blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 54, 0, 0, 41.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #459797 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

54 0 0 41

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

54 4 4 47

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Cadet blue in css

Copy #459797 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #459797; }
.text { color: #459797; }
.border { border: 2px solid #459797; }

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 #459797 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #459797 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Cadet blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #459797 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn cadet blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #459797 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

Every value on this page for #459797 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.