CSS named colour

Cadet Blue

#5f9ea0

A CSS named colour: cadetblue is valid anywhere a colour is expected.

RGB: rgb(95 158 160)
HSL: 182°, 25%, 50%
OKLCh: 65.8% 0.065 198.3

Cadet Blue in every format

Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.

Hex	`#5f9ea0`
RGB	`rgb(95 158 160)`
RGB legacy	`rgb(95, 158, 160)`
RGB percent	`rgb(37.25% 61.96% 62.75%)`
HSL	`hsl(181.8 25.5% 50%)`
HSL legacy	`hsl(181.8, 25.5%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(181.8, 40.6%, 62.7%)`
HWB	`hwb(181.8 37.3% 37.3%)`
Nearest name	`cadetblue`
CMYK	`cmyk(40.6%, 1.3%, 0%, 37.3%)`Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile.

Perceptual & wide gamutModern CSS colour spaces for uniform scales and P3 displays.

OKLCh	`oklch(65.768% 0.06501 198.298)`Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales.
OKLab	`oklab(65.768% -0.06172 -0.02041)`
CIE LCh	`lch(60.948% 22.159 200.59)`
CIE Lab	`lab(60.948% -20.744 -7.793)`
Display P3	`color(display-p3 0.4299 0.6134 0.6236)`
Rec. 2020	`color(rec2020 0.4331 0.5648 0.5833)`
srgb-linear	`color(srgb-linear 0.1144 0.3419 0.3515)`Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths.
CIE XYZ (D65)	`color(xyz-d65 0.2329 0.2942 0.3771)`

ShadersGLSL, HLSL and WGSL vectors in both encoded and linear form.

GLSL vec3 — sRGB	`vec3(0.373, 0.62, 0.627)`Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer.
GLSL vec3 — linear	`vec3(0.114, 0.342, 0.352)`Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing.
GLSL vec4 — sRGB	`vec4(0.373, 0.62, 0.627, 1.0)`
GLSL vec4 — linear	`vec4(0.114, 0.342, 0.352, 1.0)`
GLSL ivec3	`ivec3(95, 158, 160)`
HLSL float3 — sRGB	`float3(0.373, 0.62, 0.627)`
HLSL float3 — linear	`float3(0.114, 0.342, 0.352)`
HLSL float4 — sRGB	`float4(0.373, 0.62, 0.627, 1.0)`
HLSL half4 — sRGB	`half4(0.373, 0.62, 0.627, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3f — sRGB	`vec3f(0.373, 0.62, 0.627)`
WGSL vec4f — sRGB	`vec4f(0.373, 0.62, 0.627, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3<f32> — linear	`vec3<f32>(0.114, 0.342, 0.352)`

Engines & appsConstructors for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Flutter, SwiftUI and Android.

Unity Color	`new Color(0.373f, 0.62f, 0.627f, 1.0f)`Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unity Color32	`new Color32(95, 158, 160, 255)`
Unreal FLinearColor	`FLinearColor(0.1144f, 0.3419f, 0.3515f, 1.0f)`FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unreal FColor	`FColor(95, 158, 160, 255)`Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor.
Godot Color	`Color(0.373, 0.62, 0.627, 1)`
Flutter Color	`Color(0xFF5F9EA0)`Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first.
Android Color	`Color.rgb(95, 158, 160)`
SwiftUI Color	`Color(red: 0.373, green: 0.62, blue: 0.627)`
UIKit UIColor	`UIColor(red: 0.373, green: 0.62, blue: 0.627, alpha: 1)`

Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.

0x hex	`0x5F9EA0`
0x hex (ARGB)	`0xFF5F9EA0`
Array 0–1	`[0.373, 0.62, 0.627]`
Array 0–255	`[95, 158, 160]`
Decimal integer	`6266528`

Contrast and accessibility

WCAG 2 ratios are what audits and legislation reference. APCA is shown alongside because WCAG 2 is known to misjudge mid-tone backgrounds, and it is the basis of the WCAG 3 draft.

Pairing	WCAG 2 ratio	Level	APCA	Suitable for
Cadet Blue on white	3.05:1	AA Large	Lc 57	Large headings only
Cadet Blue on black	6.88:1	AA	Lc 45	Non-text elements only

Cadet Blue text on a white background

Cadet Blue text on a black background

White text on Cadet Blue

Black text on Cadet Blue

Tonal scale

Hue held fixed while lightness walks OKLCh, ready to use as a design system ramp.

50#d3ffff
100#c7f9fa
200#b3e8e9
300#99d2d4
400#79b6b8
500#59989a
600#407d7f
700#2c6567
800#1b5153
900#0d4042
950#002527

Tints and shades

Mixed perceptually toward white and black, so the steps feel evenly spaced.

Tint 1#7aaeaf
Tint 2#95bebf
Tint 3#afcecf
Tint 4#cadedf
Tint 5#e4eeef
Shade 1#497b7d
Shade 2#345a5b
Shade 3#203a3b
Shade 4#0e1e1e
Shade 5#020505

Colours that work with Cadet Blue

Complementary, triadic and analogous partners, rotated in OKLCh so they keep the same apparent brightness.

#b68282
#a385ab
#a78d64
#699f8a
#669ab1

Closest CSS names

cadetblueexact match
lightseagreenΔEok 0.061
lightslategrayΔEok 0.064
slategrayΔEok 0.083
grayΔEok 0.087
darkcyanΔEok 0.088