Cadet blue

#2e9e9d

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

Cadet blue lands where green meets blue, deep and strong. 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 #2e9e9d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2e9e9d

RGB46, 158, 157

HSL179, 55%, 40%

HSV179, 71%, 62%

CMYK71%, 0%, 1%, 38%

Lab59.41, -30.44, -8.51

XYZ19.44, 27.47, 36.18

Decimal3055261

Web safe#339999

Pantone320 C

Shades of cadet blue

#2a9190 #268382 #227675 #1e6868 #1a5b5a #174d4d #134040 #0f3332 #0b2525 #071818

Tints of cadet blue

#34b4b3 #3fc7c6 #55cdcc #6bd4d3 #82dada #98e1e0 #aee7e7 #c5eeee #dbf4f4 #f1fbfb

Colors that go with cadet blue

Complementary#9e2e2f Analogous#2e9e65 Analogous#2e679e Triadic#9d2e9e Triadic#9e9d2e Split complementary#9e2e67 Split complementary#9e652e

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 71, 0, 1, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2e9e9d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

71 0 1 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

69 4 5 44

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 #2e9e9d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2e9e9d; }
.text { color: #2e9e9d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2e9e9d; }

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 #2e9e9d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2e9e9d 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 #2e9e9d 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 #2e9e9d 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 #2e9e9d 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. 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.