Cadet blue

#5bb5bd

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

Cadet blue lands where green meets blue, mid and soft. 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 #5bb5bd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5bb5bd

RGB91, 181, 189

HSL185, 43%, 55%

HSV185, 52%, 74%

CMYK52%, 4%, 0%, 26%

Lab68.71, -24.62, -12.33

XYZ30.02, 38.95, 54.08

Decimal6010301

Web safe#66cccc

Pantone631 C

Shades of cadet blue

#49adb6 #429ca4 #3b8b92 #347a81 #2d696f #25585d #1e484b #173739 #102628 #091516

Tints of cadet blue

#6abcc3 #79c3c9 #88c9cf #98d0d5 #a7d7db #b6dee2 #c5e5e8 #d4ecee #e3f2f4 #f2f9fa

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#bd635b Analogous#5bbd94 Analogous#5b84bd Triadic#bd5bb5 Triadic#b5bd5b Split complementary#bd5b84 Split complementary#bd945b

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 52, 4, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5bb5bd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

52 4 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

52 8 4 32

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 #5bb5bd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5bb5bd; }
.text { color: #5bb5bd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5bb5bd; }

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 #5bb5bd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5bb5bd 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 #5bb5bd 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 #5bb5bd 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 #5bb5bd are worked out. 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.