Cadet blue

#79aebd

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 teal at 193 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 #79aebd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#79aebd

RGB121, 174, 189

HSL193, 34%, 61%

HSV193, 36%, 74%

CMYK36%, 8%, 0%, 26%

Lab68.03, -13.61, -13.22

XYZ32.21, 38.01, 53.78

Decimal7974589

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone550 C

Shades of cadet blue

#66a3b4 #5497aa #4b8798 #417685 #386572 #2f555f #26444d #1d333a #132327 #0a1215

Tints of cadet blue

#85b5c3 #91bdc9 #9ec4cf #aaccd5 #b6d3db #c2dae1 #cee2e7 #dbe9ed #e7f0f3 #f3f8f9

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#bd8879 Analogous#79bdaa Analogous#798cbd Triadic#bd79ae Triadic#aebd79 Split complementary#bd798c Split complementary#bdaa79

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 36, 8, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #79aebd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

36 8 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

37 11 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Cadet blue in css

Copy #79aebd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #79aebd; }
.text { color: #79aebd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #79aebd; }

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 #79aebd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #79aebd 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 #79aebd 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 #79aebd 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 #79aebd 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.