Information about Cadet color
Basic facts about this digital color
#536872 presents itself as a softly toned steel-blue azure — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. It is a natural fit for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Slate (#516572). Slightly further away sit Streetwise (#4F6971) and Dark Electric Blue (#536878).
In RGB terms — rgb(83, 104, 114) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 5.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.6:1. The name "Cadet" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Cadet color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Cadet color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Cadet color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Cadet color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Cadet color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Cadet color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Cadet color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Cadet
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#516572
#4F6971
#536878
#54626F
#59656D
#4F666A
#4D646C
#4F6D69
#4A646C
#547377
#566D7E
#595E6B
Cadet color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#536872
- RGB83, 104, 114
- CMYK12, 4, 0, 55
- CSSrgb(83, 104, 114)
- HSL199°, 16%, 39%
- HSL Precise199.355°, 15.736%, 38.627%
- HSV199°, 27%, 45%
- HSB199°, 27%, 45%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.325
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.408
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.447
- GLSLvec3(0.325, 0.408, 0.447)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.325, 0.408, 0.447, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.325, 0.408, 0.447)
- Percentage of Red in RGB32.5%
- Percentage of Green in RGB40.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB44.7%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID536872
- DECIMAL ID5466226
- Name Length5
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