| Cadet Grey | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #91A3B0 |
| sRGBB (r,g,b) | (145, 163, 176) |
| HSV (h,s,v) | (205°, 18%, 69%) |
| CIELChuv (L,C,h) | (66, 16, 231°) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS[1] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Grayish blue |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Cadet grey (spelledgray inAmerican English) is a somewhatblue-greyish shade of the colourgrey. The first recorded use ofcadet grey as a colour name inEnglish was in 1912.[2][inconsistent] Before 1912, the wordcadet grey was used as a name for a type of military issue uniform.
| Space Cadet | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #1E2952 |
| sRGBB (r,g,b) | (30, 41, 82) |
| HSV (h,s,v) | (227°, 63%, 32%) |
| CIELChuv (L,C,h) | (18, 29, 260°) |
| Source | Resene[3] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Dark blue |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Displayed at right is the colourspace cadet.
Space cadet is one of the colours on theResene Colour List,[4] a colour list popular inAustralia andNew Zealand. The colour "space cadet" was formulated in 2007.
| Cadet Blue | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #5F9EA0 |
| sRGBB (r,g,b) | (95, 158, 160) |
| HSV (h,s,v) | (182°, 41%, 63%) |
| CIELChuv (L,C,h) | (61, 30, 195°) |
| Source | X11 |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Light bluish green |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Displayed at right is the greyishblueweb colourcadet blue.
The first recorded use ofcadet blue as a colour name in English was in 1892.[5]
In 1987, cadet blue was formulated as one of theX11 colours, which in the early 1990s became known as theX11 web colours.
| Cadet | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #536872 |
| sRGBB (r,g,b) | (83, 104, 114) |
| HSV (h,s,v) | (199°, 27%, 45%) |
| CIELChuv (L,C,h) | (43, 15, 224°) |
| Source | [Unsourced] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Grayish blue |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Displayed at right is the colourcadet, a dark shade of cadet grey.
The first recorded use ofcadet as a colour name in English was in 1915.[6]
The namecadet grey stems from its use in uniforms of theUnited States Army, in particular, cadets at theUnited States Military Academy atWest Point, New York.
Both armies in theAmerican Civil War initially included uniforms in the colour, including the7th New York Militia,[7] but it was primarily identified with those of theConfederate States of America. By 1863, all troops were asked to obey the Regulations for theConfederate States Army and have cadet grey uniforms.[8] The lack of a formal uniform at the beginning of the war, with some Confederates wearing blue and some U.S.-allied state militias still wearing grey, caused significant confusion for both sides in theFirst Battle of Manassas.
Cadet grey was previously chosen for theArmy of the Republic of Texas in 1835 and 1840.[9][10]
Under the name "pike grey" (Hechtgrau) this colour distinguished thejäger regiments of theAustrian (and subsequentlyAustro-Hungarian) armies from the 18th century until 1915.[11] In 1908 it was adopted as the universal colour of the new field service uniform for the army as a whole.[12]