Cadet blue

#489a8a

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 #489a8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#489a8a

RGB72, 154, 138

HSL168, 36%, 44%

HSV168, 53%, 60%

CMYK53%, 0%, 10%, 40%

Lab58.34, -29.04, 0.79

XYZ18.82, 26.32, 28.13

Decimal4758154

Web safe#339999

Pantone3285 C

Shades of cadet blue

#428d7e #3c7f72 #357266 #2f655a #29574e #234a42 #1c3d36 #162f2b #10221f #0a1513

Tints of cadet blue

#50ac9a #62b5a5 #74beb0 #86c6ba #98cfc4 #aad7cf #bce0d9 #cfe8e3 #e1f1ee #f3f9f8

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#9a4858 Analogous#489a61 Analogous#48819a Triadic#8a489a Triadic#9a8a48 Split complementary#9a4881 Split complementary#9a6148

Cadet blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 53, 0, 10, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #489a8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

53 0 10 40

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

53 4 13 46

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 #489a8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #489a8a; }
.text { color: #489a8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #489a8a; }

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 #489a8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #489a8a 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 #489a8a 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 #489a8a 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 #489a8a come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.