Pantone® Color of the Year 2000

Cerulean

Pantone® 15-4020 TCX Cerulean was named Pantone Color of the Year for 2000. Below: HEX, RGB, HSL and CMYK values, text contrast, palettes built on the color and the closest Pantone® C codes.

Note: Pantone® does not publish HEX values for its colors openly. The values here are screen approximations from community sources, not official Pantone® values. Pantone® is a trademark of Pantone LLC; this site is not affiliated with Pantone.

Pantone® 15-4020 Cerulean color swatch, approximately #9BB7D4

Pantone® 15-4020 TCX

HEX#9BB7D4
RGBrgb(155, 183, 212)
HSLhsl(211, 40%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(27%, 14%, 0%, 17%)

#9BB7D4 is a screen approximation that two independent open sources agree on — not an official Pantone® value.

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

White text on Cerulean

2.08:1

AA normal: Fail · AA large: Fail · AAA normal: Fail

Black text on Cerulean

10.12:1

AA normal: Pass · AA large: Pass · AAA normal: Pass

Color palettes based on Cerulean

Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel

#9BB7D4
#D4B99B

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#9BD4B9
#9BD3D4
#9BB7D4
#9C9BD4
#B99BD4

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#9BB7D4
#D49C9B
#D3D49B

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#9BB7D4
#D49BB7
#B7D49B

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#0F1924
#2E4B6B
#4D7EB3
#94B1D1
#DBE5F0

Closest Pantone® C colors

TCX is Pantone's textile system; these are the nearest print (C) codes from our library by Delta E (CIEDE2000). Lower is closer.

CSS

:root {
  --pantone-coy-2000-cerulean: #9BB7D4;
}

.element {
  background-color: var(--pantone-coy-2000-cerulean);
}