Pantone® Color of the Year 2005

Blue Turquoise

Pantone® 15-5217 TCX Blue Turquoise was named Pantone Color of the Year for 2005. Below: HEX, RGB, HSL and CMYK values, text contrast, palettes built on the color and the closest Pantone® C codes.

Note: The HEX values here are approximate screen values per Wikipedia, not official Pantone® values. Pantone® is a trademark of Pantone LLC; this site is not affiliated with Pantone.

Pantone® 15-5217 Blue Turquoise color swatch, approximately #53B0AE

Pantone® 15-5217 TCX

HEX#53B0AE
RGBrgb(83, 176, 174)
HSLhsl(179, 37%, 51%)
CMYKcmyk(53%, 0%, 1%, 31%)

#53B0AE is an approximate screen value per Wikipedia — not an official Pantone® value.

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

White text on Blue Turquoise

2.56:1

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

Black text on Blue Turquoise

8.18:1

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

Color palettes based on Blue Turquoise

Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel

#53B0AE
#B05355

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#55B053
#53B080
#53B0AE
#5384B0
#5355B0

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#53B0AE
#B05383
#B08053

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#53B0AE
#AE53B0
#B0AE53

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#102323
#306968
#53B0AE
#96CFCE
#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-2005-blue-turquoise: #53B0AE;
}

.element {
  background-color: var(--pantone-coy-2005-blue-turquoise);
}