Pantone® Color of the Year 2007

Chili Pepper

Pantone® 19-1557 TCX Chili Pepper was named Pantone Color of the Year for 2007. 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® 19-1557 Chili Pepper color swatch, approximately #9B1B30

Pantone® 19-1557 TCX

HEX#9B1B30
RGBrgb(155, 27, 48)
HSLhsl(350, 70%, 36%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 83%, 69%, 39%)

#9B1B30 is an approximate screen value per Wikipedia — not an official Pantone® value.

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

White text on Chili Pepper

8.09:1

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

Black text on Chili Pepper

2.59:1

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

Color palettes based on Chili Pepper

Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel

#9B1B30
#1B9B86

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#861B9B
#9B1B70
#9B1B30
#9B461B
#9B861B

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#9B1B30
#1B9B46
#1B709B

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#9B1B30
#309B1B
#1B309B

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#2B080E
#9B1B30
#D92644
#E87D8F
#F7D4DA

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-2007-chili-pepper: #9B1B30;
}

.element {
  background-color: var(--pantone-coy-2007-chili-pepper);
}