Cadet Blue Color

#5f9ea0

Cadet Blue is pale, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta

Inverse Color #a0615f
Complementary Color #a0605f
Color Shade: mid cyan (181.85° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 50% (better contrasting with white)
Cadet Blue Color Sample
Cadet Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5f9ea0

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Cadet Blue Color. The Flounce color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Blue Shoal (#6b8c93) for more calm effect. Try Earth Eclipse as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#a0605f is the best complementary color to Cadet Blue. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5f9ea0 complementary color is Au Chico, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Breaker Bay are #5fa081 and #5f7da0. Thus found on the left and right of #5f9ea0 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Aqua Forest and Hoki colors as they work well with Cadet Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cadet Blue palette consists of #a0815f and #a05f7d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a0605f). Try Barley Corn and Strikemaster colors in combination with #5f9ea0, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #5f9ea0 offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Cadet Blue. Thus Green Smoke and Strikemaster giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cadet Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Au Chico, Deluge, and Asparagus split by 90° on the color wheel. #5f9ea0 square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow green shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Cadet Blue tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#a0605f) and two others. The Strikemaster is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Aqua Forest – 120° from the complementary Au Chico. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a05f9e and #5fa061.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5f9ea0 is made of 23% red, 38% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Cadet Blue has a hue angle of 181.85°, a saturation of 25.49% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5f9ea0 is made of 25.5% cyan, 0.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 37.25% black ink.

HEX #5f9ea0
RGB Decimal rgb(95,158,160)
RGB Percentage 23%, 38%, 39%
CMYK 25.5, 0.79, 0, 37.25
HSL hsl(181.85,25.49%,50%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(181.85,40.63%,62.75%)
CIE-LAB lab(61.1546,-19.6752,-7.4267)
XYZ xyz(23.2913,29.4247,37.7097)
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