Cadet blue

#52acc5

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 193 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 #52acc5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#52acc5

RGB82, 172, 197

HSL193, 50%, 55%

HSV193, 58%, 77%

CMYK58%, 13%, 0%, 23%

Lab66.0, -19.55, -20.88

XYZ28.31, 35.33, 58.15

Decimal5418181

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone801 C

Shades of cadet blue

#40a3be #3a93ac #338399 #2d7387 #276374 #215361 #1a434f #14333c #0e242a #081417

Tints of cadet blue

#62b4ca #72bbd0 #82c3d5 #92cbda #a2d2e0 #b2dae5 #c2e2ea #d2e9f0 #e2f1f5 #f2f9fb

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#c56b52 Analogous#52c5a5 Analogous#5272c5 Triadic#c552ac Triadic#acc552 Split complementary#c55272 Split complementary#c5a552

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 58, 13, 0, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #52acc5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

58 13 0 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

57 16 4 29

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 #52acc5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #52acc5; }
.text { color: #52acc5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #52acc5; }

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 #52acc5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #52acc5 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 #52acc5 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 #52acc5 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 #52acc5 are worked out. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.