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Cadet Blue Palette

Cadet Blue Palette: #5F9EA0, #9F6260, #609F82, #607D9F. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Cadet Blue Palette assigns primary #5F9EA0, secondary #9F6260, surface #609F82, background #607D9F, accent #000000. The set spans Cyan, Red, Green, and Blue families with cool, warm, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #5F9EA0 at 0.2942; black gives higher contrast on 3 of 5 values.

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Palette Color Roles

Cadet Blue Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#5F9EA0Cadet Blue
Secondary#9F6260#9F6260
Surface#609F82#609F82
Background#607D9F#607D9F
Accent#000000Black

CSS Variables

--palette-cadet-blue-primary: #5F9EA0;
--palette-cadet-blue-secondary: #9F6260;
--palette-cadet-blue-surface: #609F82;
--palette-cadet-blue-background: #607D9F;
--palette-cadet-blue-accent: #000000;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 5 Cadet Blue Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#5F9EA0
Black 6.88:1 · White 3.05:1
Best #000000
Secondary#9F6260
Black 4.39:1 · White 4.78:1
Best #FFFFFF
Surface#609F82
Black 6.78:1 · White 3.1:1
Best #000000
Background#607D9F
Black 4.93:1 · White 4.26:1
Best #000000
Accent#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Cadet Blue Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.
CardSurface treatment using palette roles.
AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.
NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Cadet Blue Palette Data (JSON)

Structured palette data for Cadet Blue Palette, including color roles, accessibility, semantic groups, use cases, CSS variables, and API links.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.2942
Black text6.88:1AA Pass
White text3.05:1AA Fail
colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems
rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping
accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color
semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels
useCasesDesign and implementation contexts
cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#5F9EA0",
    "name": "Cadet Blue"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#9F6260",
    "name": "#9F6260"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#609F82",
    "name": "#609F82"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#607D9F",
    "name": "#607D9F"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#5F9EA0",
    "name": "Cadet Blue",
    "blackContrast": 6.88,
    "whiteContrast": 3.05,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#9F6260",
    "name": "#9F6260",
    "blackContrast": 4.39,
    "whiteContrast": 4.78,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#609F82",
    "name": "#609F82",
    "blackContrast": 6.78,
    "whiteContrast": 3.1,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#607D9F",
    "name": "#607D9F",
    "blackContrast": 4.93,
    "whiteContrast": 4.26,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "cadet blue palette",
  "generated palette",
  "cyan palette",
  "red palette",
  "green palette",
  "blue palette",
  "gray palette",
  "muted palette",
  "earth tone palette",
  "dark palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "cool palette",
  "warm palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "quiet UI themes",
  "natural branding",
  "wellness and botanical palettes"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-cadet-blue-primary: #5F9EA0;\n--palette-cadet-blue-secondary: #9F6260;\n--palette-cadet-blue-surface: #609F82;\n--palette-cadet-blue-background: #607D9F;\n--palette-cadet-blue-accent: #000000;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "cadet-blue",
  "name": "Cadet Blue Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "cadet-blue",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Cadet Blue, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Cadet Blue Palette combines primary #5F9EA0, secondary #9F6260, surface #609F82, background #607D9F, accent #000000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a cyan palette, red palette, green palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
  "semanticGroups": [
    "cadet blue palette",
    "generated palette",
    "cyan palette",
    "red palette",
    "green palette",
    "blue palette",
    "gray palette",
    "muted palette",
    "earth tone palette",
    "dark palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "cool palette",
    "warm palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "quiet UI themes",
    "natural branding",
    "wellness and botanical palettes"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#5F9EA0",
      "slug": "cadet-blue",
      "name": "Cadet Blue",
      "rgb": [
        95,
        158,
        160
      ],
      "hsl": [
        182,
        25,
        50
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        41,
        1,
        0,
        37
      ],
      "family": "cyan",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.2942,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 6.88,
        "white": 3.05
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/cadet-blue/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#9F6260",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#9F6260",
      "rgb": [
        159,
        98,
        96
      ],
      "hsl": [
        2,
        25,
        50
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        38,
        40,
        38
      ],
      "family": "red",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1695,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 4.39,
        "white": 4.78
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#609F82",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#609F82",
      "rgb": [
        96,
        159,
        130
      ],
      "hsl": [
        152,
        25,
        50
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        40,
        0,
        18,
        38
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "muted",
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.2889,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 6.78,
        "white": 3.1
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#607D9F",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#607D9F",
      "rgb": [
        96,
        125,
        159
      ],
      "hsl": [
        212,
        25,
        50
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        40,
        21,
        0,
        38
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1966,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 4.93,
        "white": 4.26
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "slug": "black",
      "name": "Black",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "dark",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 0,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1,
        "white": 21
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/black/"
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#5F9EA0",
      "name": "Cadet Blue"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#9F6260",
      "name": "#9F6260"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#609F82",
      "name": "#609F82"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#607D9F",
      "name": "#607D9F"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#5F9EA0",
      "name": "Cadet Blue",
      "blackContrast": 6.88,
      "whiteContrast": 3.05,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#9F6260",
      "name": "#9F6260",
      "blackContrast": 4.39,
      "whiteContrast": 4.78,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#609F82",
      "name": "#609F82",
      "blackContrast": 6.78,
      "whiteContrast": 3.1,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#607D9F",
      "name": "#607D9F",
      "blackContrast": 4.93,
      "whiteContrast": 4.26,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-cadet-blue-primary: #5F9EA0;\n--palette-cadet-blue-secondary: #9F6260;\n--palette-cadet-blue-surface: #609F82;\n--palette-cadet-blue-background: #607D9F;\n--palette-cadet-blue-accent: #000000;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/cadet-blue.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cadet-blue.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/cadet-blue/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/cadet-blue.json"
}
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