Pantone® Color of the Year 2008

Blue Iris

Pantone® 18-3943 TCX Blue Iris was named Pantone Color of the Year for 2008. 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® 18-3943 Blue Iris color swatch, approximately #5A5B9F

Pantone® 18-3943 TCX

HEX#5A5B9F
RGBrgb(90, 91, 159)
HSLhsl(239, 28%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(43%, 43%, 0%, 38%)

#5A5B9F is a screen approximation that two independent open sources agree on — not an official Pantone® value.

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

White text on Blue Iris

6.12:1

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

Black text on Blue Iris

3.43:1

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

Color palettes based on Blue Iris

Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel

#5A5B9F
#A09F5A

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#5AA09F
#5A7EA0
#5A5B9F
#7C5AA0
#9F5AA0

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#5A5B9F
#A07C5A
#7EA05A

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#5A5B9F
#A05A5B
#5BA05A

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#121321
#373862
#5C5DA3
#9D9EC8
#DEDFED

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-2008-blue-iris: #5A5B9F;
}

.element {
  background-color: var(--pantone-coy-2008-blue-iris);
}