Cadet blue

#459ea7

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, mid and soft. 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 #459ea7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#459ea7

RGB69, 158, 167

HSL186, 42%, 46%

HSV186, 59%, 65%

CMYK59%, 5%, 0%, 35%

Lab60.35, -23.69, -12.7

XYZ21.66, 28.51, 40.92

Decimal4562599

Web safe#339999

Pantone3135 C

Shades of cadet blue

#3f9098 #39828a #33757b #2d676d #27595e #214b50 #1b3e41 #153033 #0f2224 #091416

Tints of cadet blue

#4fadb6 #61b5be #73bec5 #86c6cd #98cfd4 #aad7dc #bce0e3 #cee8eb #e0f1f2 #f2f9fa

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#a74e45 Analogous#45a77f Analogous#456da7 Triadic#a7459e Triadic#9ea745 Split complementary#a7456d Split complementary#a77f45

Cadet blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 59, 5, 0, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #459ea7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

59 5 0 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

58 9 4 41

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 #459ea7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #459ea7; }
.text { color: #459ea7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #459ea7; }

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 #459ea7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #459ea7 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 #459ea7 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 #459ea7 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 #459ea7 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.