Pantone® Color of the Year 2003

Aqua Sky

Pantone® 14-4811 TCX Aqua Sky was named Pantone Color of the Year for 2003. 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® 14-4811 Aqua Sky color swatch, approximately #7BC4C4

Pantone® 14-4811 TCX

HEX#7BC4C4
RGBrgb(123, 196, 196)
HSLhsl(180, 38%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(37%, 0%, 0%, 23%)

#7BC4C4 is a screen approximation that two independent open sources agree on — not an official Pantone® value.

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

White text on Aqua Sky

1.99:1

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

Black text on Aqua Sky

10.54:1

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

Color palettes based on Aqua Sky

Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel

#7BC4C4
#C57D7D

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#7DC57D
#7DC5A1
#7BC4C4
#7DA1C5
#7D7DC5

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#7BC4C4
#C57DA1
#C5A17D

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#7BC4C4
#C57DC5
#C5C57D

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#102323
#2F6A6A
#4FB0B0
#95D0D0
#DCEFEF

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-2003-aqua-sky: #7BC4C4;
}

.element {
  background-color: var(--pantone-coy-2003-aqua-sky);
}