Pantone® Color of the Year 2002

True Red

Pantone® 19-1664 TCX True Red was named Pantone Color of the Year for 2002. 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® 19-1664 True Red color swatch, approximately #BF1932

Pantone® 19-1664 TCX

HEX#BF1932
RGBrgb(191, 25, 50)
HSLhsl(351, 77%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 87%, 74%, 25%)

#BF1932 is a screen approximation that two independent open sources agree on — not an official Pantone® value.

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

White text on True Red

6.18:1

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

Black text on True Red

3.4:1

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

Color palettes based on True Red

Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel

#BF1932
#19BEA5

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#A519BE
#BE1984
#BF1932
#BE5219
#BEA519

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#BF1932
#19BE52
#1984BE

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#BF1932
#31BE19
#1931BE

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#2D060C
#871223
#E21D3B
#ED7889
#F9D2D8

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-2002-true-red: #BF1932;
}

.element {
  background-color: var(--pantone-coy-2002-true-red);
}