Cadet blue

#7aaa95

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 green at 154 degrees. A mid green this grounded suits sustainability and outdoor brands. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Cadet blue color values

Every conversion for #7aaa95, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7aaa95

RGB122, 170, 149

HSL154, 22%, 57%

HSV154, 28%, 67%

CMYK28%, 0%, 12%, 33%

Lab65.79, -20.56, 5.69

XYZ27.83, 35.06, 33.73

Decimal8039061

Web safe#669999

Pantone556 C

Shades of cadet blue

#6aa088 #5d927b #53826e #497260 #3f6253 #355245 #2b4338 #20332b #16231d #0c1310

Tints of cadet blue

#86b29f #92baa8 #9fc1b2 #abc9bc #b7d1c6 #c3d9cf #cfe1d9 #dce8e3 #e8f0ed #f4f8f6

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#aa7a8f Analogous#7aaa7d Analogous#7aa7aa Triadic#957aaa Triadic#aa957a Split complementary#aa7aa7 Split complementary#aa7d7a

Cadet blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 28, 0, 12, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7aaa95 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 0 12 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 4 15 39

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 #7aaa95 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7aaa95; }
.text { color: #7aaa95; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7aaa95; }

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 #7aaa95 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7aaa95 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 #7aaa95 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 #7aaa95 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 #7aaa95 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.