Pantone® Color of the Year 2006
Sand Dollar
Pantone® 13-1106 TCX Sand Dollar was named Pantone Color of the Year for 2006. 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® 13-1106 TCX
- HEX#DECDBE
- RGBrgb(222, 205, 190)
- HSLhsl(28, 33%, 81%)
- CMYKcmyk(0%, 8%, 14%, 13%)
#DECDBE is an approximate screen value per Wikipedia — not an official Pantone® value.
Text contrast (WCAG 2)
White text on Sand Dollar
1.54:1
AA normal: Fail · AA large: Fail · AAA normal: Fail
Black text on Sand Dollar
13.58:1
AA normal: Pass · AA large: Pass · AAA normal: Pass
Color palettes based on Sand Dollar
Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel
- #DECDBE
- #BECFDE
Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel
- #DEBECF
- #DEBEBF
- #DECDBE
- #DEDDBE
- #CFDEBE
Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement
- #DECDBE
- #BEDEDD
- #BEBFDE
Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel
- #DECDBE
- #BEDECD
- #CDBEDE
Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue
- #221911
- #664B33
- #AA7D55
- #CCB199
- #DECDBE
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.
- 482 C#DBC8B6ΔE 1.7
- 4755 C#D7C4B7ΔE 2.6
- 4685 C#E0C6ADΔE 4.4
- 481 C#D3BBA8ΔE 5.0
- Warm Gray 2 C#CBC4BCΔE 5.2
CSS
:root {
--pantone-coy-2006-sand-dollar: #DECDBE;
}
.element {
background-color: var(--pantone-coy-2006-sand-dollar);
}