What is the hex code for cadet blue?

Cadet blue is #5F9EA0. In RGB that is 95, 158, 160, and in HSL it is 182 degrees, 25 percent saturation, 50 percent lightness.

What is the CMYK value of cadet blue?

#5F9EA0 converts to CMYK 41, 1, 0, 37. CMYK is a print space, so a screen can only ever approximate how it will actually be inked.

Can I use cadet blue as a CSS color name?

Yes. cadetblue is a CSS color keyword, so you can write it as a name instead of a hex code and every modern browser will render exactly #5F9EA0.

Cadet blue

#5F9EA0

Cadet blue is the hex color #5F9EA0, with RGB values 95, 158, 160. It is a CSS color keyword, so browsers render it from the name alone, and its value is fixed by the CSS Color Module.

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#5F9EA0rgb(95, 158, 160) · hsl(182, 25%, 50%)

Hue182°

Brightness100%

Cadet blue color codes

Every value for #5F9EA0, ready to paste. Click any code to copy it.

Channel values for #5F9EA0 in each number base
Channel	Decimal	Share	Hex	Octal	Binary
Red	95	37.25%	5F	137	01011111
Green	158	61.96%	9E	236	10011110
Blue	160	62.75%	A0	240	10100000

The nearest web-safe color is #669999, from the 216-color palette browsers agreed on before displays could be trusted with more.

About cadet blue

A CSS keyword, muted and grey-leaning. Named for the blue-grey of military cadet uniforms rather than for anything in nature.

Shades, tints and tones

Every step is generated from #5F9EA0. Click a swatch to copy its hex.

Shades of cadet blue

A shade is the base color with black mixed in. Shades read as deeper and more dramatic, and they are what you reach for when a color needs to recede or carry weight.

Tints of cadet blue

A tint is the base color with white mixed in. Tints turn pastel as they lighten, which makes them useful for backgrounds and for anything that has to sit behind text.

Tones of cadet blue

A tone is the base color with grey mixed in. Tones lose the shout without losing the hue, and they are usually what separates a considered palette from a loud one.

The cadet blue scale

The same color as the 50 to 950 ladder every CSS framework uses, with #5F9EA0 at 500. Click a step to copy its hex, or take the whole scale as variables for a design system.

Color schemes built on cadet blue

Harmonies are positions on the color wheel rather than matters of taste, which is why they keep working across very different designs.

Complementary

Two colors from opposite sides of the wheel. They make each other look more vivid, which is why the pairing is used for anything that needs to stand out.

Analogous

Three neighbours on the wheel. Nothing competes, so the result reads calm and settled, closer to how colour behaves in nature.

Split complementary

The base plus the two colors either side of its complement. It keeps most of the contrast while being much easier to balance.

Triadic

Three colors spaced evenly around the wheel. Strong and lively, and usually best with one dominant color and two accents.

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs, forming a rectangle on the wheel. The richest scheme available, and the hardest to keep from shouting.

Monochromatic

One hue at different lightness levels. Effortlessly cohesive, and the safest way to build a palette around a brand color.

Colors close to #5F9EA0

Near neighbours, for when this color is almost right. Each one shifts hue, saturation or lightness by a small step.

Cadet blue color palettes

Five-color palettes built around #5F9EA0, each following a different scheme. Click any swatch to copy it, or open the generator to build your own.

Analogous

Complementary

Triadic

Monochromatic

Open the palette generator to lock the colors you like and regenerate the rest.

Contrast and readability

Whether cadet blue works as text, and what to put on top of it when it is the background. Ratios follow WCAG 2.1, where 4.5 is the bar for body text and 3 for large text.

Cadet blue text on white background

3.05:1 · Large text only

Large text at 24 pixels

Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.

Body AA
Body AAA
Large AA
Large AAA

Cadet blue text on black background

6.88:1 · Good

Large text at 24 pixels

Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.

Body AA
Body AAA
Large AA
Large AAA

Used the other way round, #5F9EA0 as a background takes #000000 text. That is the higher-contrast of the two, and it is what the tool picks automatically for any chrome sitting on your color.

Cadet blue reads better on a black background of the two. Contrast is a property of the pair, not of one color, so a color that fails here can still be perfectly usable against a different partner.

The cyan family

Cadet blue sits in the cyan family. Every named cyan in the library, with cadet blue first.

Name	Hex	RGB	HSL
Cadet blue is a CSS keyword is the color on this page	#5F9EA0	95, 158, 160	182, 25%, 50%
Cyan is a CSS keyword	#00FFFF	0, 255, 255	180, 100%, 50%
Teal is a CSS keyword	#008080	0, 128, 128	180, 100%, 25%
Turquoise is a CSS keyword	#40E0D0	64, 224, 208	174, 72%, 56%
Azure is a CSS keyword	#F0FFFF	240, 255, 255	180, 100%, 97%
Teal blue	#367588	54, 117, 136	194, 43%, 37%
Aquamarine is a CSS keyword	#7FFFD4	127, 255, 212	160, 100%, 75%