Colors

#5F9EA0

Cadet Blue

Cadet Blue is #5F9EA0. In CSS you can write it as the keyword cadetblue. The values below are the same sRGB color in HEX, RGB, HSL, HSV, a simple CMYK conversion, and OKLCH. CMYK here is a channel formula for reference, not a press proof.

Conversions

HEX
#5F9EA0
RGB
rgb(95, 158, 160)
HSL
hsl(182,25%,50%)
HSV
hsv(182, 41%, 63%)
CMYK
cmyk(41,1,0,37)
OKLCH
oklch(65.8% 0.065 198.3)

Tints and shades

Tints mix this color toward white. Shades mix it toward black in sRGB. For a 50–950 ramp, open the tint and shade generator.

Tints

#7FB1B3

20% white

#9FC5C6

40% white

#BFD8D9

60% white

#DFECEC

80% white

Shades

#4C7E80

20% black

#395F60

40% black

#263F40

60% black

#132020

80% black

Harmony palettes

These schemes rotate hue from Cadet Blue. Read the relationships in color theory 101 or adjust them on the color wheel.

Complementary

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#609D9F

#9F6260

#96B4B5

#B59796

#4E6464

Analogous

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#609F82

#609D9F

#607D9F

#62609F

#649B66

Triadic

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#609D9F

#9F609D

#9D9F60

#B596B4

#777854

Split Complementary

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#609D9F

#9F607D

#9F8260

#A7BDBE

#644F4E

Monochromatic

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#263F40

#436E70

#609D9F

#8FBBBC

#BFD8D9

Tetradic

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#609D9F

#82609F

#9F6260

#7D9F60

#9F8EAE

Contrast against white and black

Ratios use the WCAG relative-luminance formula. AA normal text needs 4.5:1 and large text needs 3:1 under Success Criterion 1.4.3. AAA uses 7:1 and 4.5:1. A pass here is only this pair, not a full page audit. Check other pairings in the contrast checker.

On white · 3.05:1
AA normal text Fail
AA large text Pass
AAA normal text Fail
AAA large text Fail
On black · 6.88:1
AA normal text Pass
AA large text Pass
AAA normal text Fail
AAA large text Pass

Similar named colors

Nearest CSS named colors by RGB distance. Distance is not a perceptual match.

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