Cadet blue

#74bbc3

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, confident between blue and green. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Cadet blue color values

Every conversion for #74bbc3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#74bbc3

RGB116, 187, 195

HSL186, 40%, 61%

HSV186, 41%, 76%

CMYK41%, 4%, 0%, 24%

Lab71.69, -20.18, -11.07

XYZ34.82, 43.19, 58.13

Decimal7650243

Web safe#66cccc

Pantone631 C

Shades of cadet blue

#60b1bb #4da8b2 #44959e #3c838b #337077 #2b5e64 #234c50 #1a393d #122729 #091415

Tints of cadet blue

#81c1c8 #8dc7ce #9aced3 #a7d4d9 #b3dade #c0e0e4 #cde6e9 #d9edef #e6f3f4 #f3f9fa

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#c37c74 Analogous#74c3a3 Analogous#7493c3 Triadic#c374bb Triadic#bbc374 Split complementary#c37493 Split complementary#c3a374

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 41, 4, 0, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #74bbc3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

41 4 0 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

42 8 4 30

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 #74bbc3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #74bbc3; }
.text { color: #74bbc3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #74bbc3; }

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 #74bbc3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #74bbc3 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 #74bbc3 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 #74bbc3 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 #74bbc3 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.