Cadet blue

#559c88

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

Cadet blue is a mid teal, grounded between blue and green. 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 #559c88, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#559c88

RGB85, 156, 136

HSL163, 29%, 47%

HSV163, 46%, 61%

CMYK46%, 0%, 13%, 39%

Lab59.42, -27.31, 3.55

XYZ20.08, 27.49, 27.54

Decimal5610632

Web safe#669999

Pantone3278 C

Shades of cadet blue

#4e8e7c #468170 #3f7364 #376659 #30584d #284a41 #213d35 #1a2f29 #12211d #0b1411

Tints of cadet blue

#61a995 #71b2a0 #82bbab #92c4b6 #a2ccc1 #b2d5cb #c3ded6 #d3e7e1 #e3f0ec #f3f9f7

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#9c5569 Analogous#559c64 Analogous#558d9c Triadic#88559c Triadic#9c8855 Split complementary#9c558d Split complementary#9c6455

Cadet blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 46, 0, 13, 39.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #559c88 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

46 0 13 39

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

46 4 16 45

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 #559c88 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #559c88; }
.text { color: #559c88; }
.border { border: 2px solid #559c88; }

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 #559c88 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #559c88 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 #559c88 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 #559c88 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 #559c88 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. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.