CSS named color

Cadet Blue #5F9EA0

Cadet Blue is muted cyan. Below: every color format, WCAG contrast against black and white, its tints, shades and tones, and the harmonies that pair with it.

Color values

Contrast & accessibility

WCAG contrast ratio of Cadet Blue used as a foreground on white and black backgrounds.

Aa The quick brown fox
3.05:1

On white

AA ✕ AAA ✕ AA Large ✓
Aa The quick brown fox
6.88:1

On black

AA ✓ AAA ✕ AA Large ✓

Tints, shades & tones

Systematic variations of Cadet Blue — click any swatch to copy its hex.

Tintsmixed toward white
Shadesmixed toward black
Tonesmixed toward gray

Color harmonies

Palettes built from Cadet Blue by rotating its hue. Each swatch links to its closest named color.

Complementary

#5F9EA0 ≈ Light Slate Gray #9F6260 ≈ Indian Red

Analogous

#609F82 ≈ Cadet Blue #5F9EA0 ≈ Light Slate Gray #607D9F ≈ Slate Gray

Triadic

#5F9EA0 ≈ Light Slate Gray #9F609D ≈ Gray #9D9F60 ≈ Dark Khaki

Split-complementary

#5F9EA0 ≈ Light Slate Gray #9F607D ≈ Gray #9F8260 ≈ Gray

Tetradic

#5F9EA0 ≈ Light Slate Gray #82609F ≈ Slate Gray #9F6260 ≈ Indian Red #7D9F60 ≈ Gray

Use Cadet Blue in your stack

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

Works for any property: text-[#5f9ea0], border-[#5f9ea0].

CSS custom property

Reference it anywhere with var(--color).

Build a full theme

Turn Cadet Blue into a complete shadcn/ui palette — light & dark, contrast-checked, one-command install.

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Similar named colors

Light Slate Gray #778899 Slate Gray #708090 Steel Blue #4682B4 Gray #808080 Medium Aquamarine #66CDAA Dark Sea Green #8FBC8F

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