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: 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® 13-1106 Sand Dollar color swatch, approximately #DECDBE

Pantone® 13-1106 TCX

HEX#DECDBE
RGBrgb(222, 205, 190)
HSLhsl(28, 33%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8%, 14%, 13%)

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

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

White text on Sand Dollar

1.55:1

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
#BFD0DF

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#DFBFD0
#DFBFC0
#DECDBE
#DFDDBF
#D0DFBF

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#DECDBE
#BFDFDD
#BFC0DF

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#DECDBE
#BFDFCD
#CDBFDF

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#221911
#664B33
#AA7D55
#CCB199
#EEE5DD

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-2006-sand-dollar: #DECDBE;
}

.element {
  background-color: var(--pantone-coy-2006-sand-dollar);
}