Cadet blue

#649eb2

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 blue at 195 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Cadet blue color values

Every conversion for #649eb2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#649eb2
RGB100, 158, 178
HSL195, 34%, 55%
HSV195, 44%, 70%
CMYK44%, 11%, 0%, 30%
Lab61.98, -13.56, -16.32
XYZ25.52, 30.38, 46.64
Decimal6594226
Web safe#669999
Pantone549 C
Pantone549 CHex#649eb2Rgb100 158 178Cmyk44 11 0 30Lab62 -14 -16Darker#2d4f5aDeep#45788aLighter#96bbc7

Shades of cadet blue

Tints of cadet blue

Colors that go with cadet blue

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 44, 11, 0, 30.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #649eb2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
44 11 0 30
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
44 14 4 36
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 #649eb2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #649eb2; }
.text { color: #649eb2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #649eb2; }

How cadet blue looks on light and dark

Cadet blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #649eb2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.97:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
7.08:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #649eb2 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 #649eb2 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #649eb2 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #649eb2 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.