Cadet blue

#50a6c2

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for cadet blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Cadet blue sits in the blue band, mid and soft. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Cadet blue color values

Every conversion for #50a6c2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#50a6c2

RGB80, 166, 194

HSL195, 48%, 54%

HSV195, 59%, 76%

CMYK59%, 14%, 0%, 24%

Lab64.06, -17.69, -22.19

XYZ26.68, 32.87, 55.98

Decimal5285570

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone801 C

Shades of cadet blue

#419cb9 #3a8ca7 #347d95 #2e6e83 #275f71 #21505f #1b414d #14313b #0e2229 #081317

Tints of cadet blue

#60aec8 #70b6cd #81bfd3 #91c7d9 #a1cfde #b1d7e4 #c1e0e9 #d1e8ef #e2f0f5 #f2f8fa

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#c26c50 Analogous#50c2a5 Analogous#506dc2 Triadic#c250a6 Triadic#a6c250 Split complementary#c2506d Split complementary#c2a550

Cadet blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 59, 14, 0, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #50a6c2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

59 14 0 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

58 17 4 30

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 #50a6c2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #50a6c2; }
.text { color: #50a6c2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #50a6c2; }

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 #50a6c2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #50a6c2 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 #50a6c2 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 #50a6c2 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 #50a6c2 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.