Cadet blue

#289fae

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

This is Cadet blue, a strong teal at 187 degrees. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Cadet blue color values

Every conversion for #289fae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#289fae

RGB40, 159, 174

HSL187, 63%, 42%

HSV187, 77%, 68%

CMYK77%, 9%, 0%, 32%

Lab60.16, -26.43, -17.0

XYZ20.91, 28.3, 44.41

Decimal2662318

Web safe#339999

Pantone3135 C

Shades of cadet blue

#25919f #218490 #1e7681 #1a6872 #175b63 #134d55 #104046 #0d3237 #092428 #061719

Tints of cadet blue

#2db4c5 #3cc1d2 #52c8d7 #69d0dc #7fd7e2 #96dee7 #ade5ec #c3ecf1 #daf3f6 #f0fafc

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#ae3728 Analogous#28ae7a Analogous#285cae Triadic#ae289f Triadic#9fae28 Split complementary#ae285c Split complementary#ae7a28

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 77, 9, 0, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #289fae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

77 9 0 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

75 12 4 38

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 #289fae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #289fae; }
.text { color: #289fae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #289fae; }

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 #289fae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #289fae 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 #289fae 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 #289fae 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 #289fae 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.