Cadet blue

#589b9b

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

This is Cadet blue, a muted teal at 180 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 #589b9b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#589b9b

RGB88, 155, 155

HSL180, 28%, 48%

HSV180, 43%, 61%

CMYK43%, 0%, 0%, 39%

Lab59.78, -21.24, -6.67

XYZ21.66, 27.88, 35.25

Decimal5807003

Web safe#669999

Pantone5483 C

Shades of cadet blue

#508d8d #498080 #417272 #396565 #325757 #2a4a4a #223c3c #1a2f2f #132121 #0b1414

Tints of cadet blue

#65a7a7 #74b0b0 #84b9b9 #94c2c2 #a4cbcb #b4d4d4 #c4dddd #d4e6e6 #e4f0f0 #f4f9f9

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#9b5858 Analogous#589b7a Analogous#58799b Triadic#9b589b Triadic#9b9b58 Split complementary#9b587a Split complementary#9b7a58

Cadet blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 43, 0, 0, 39.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #589b9b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

43 0 0 39

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 4 4 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Cadet blue in css

Copy #589b9b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #589b9b; }
.text { color: #589b9b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #589b9b; }

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 #589b9b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #589b9b against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Cadet blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #589b9b 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn cadet blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #589b9b 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 #589b9b 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.