Pantone® Color of the Year 2010

Turquoise

Pantone® 15-5519 TCX Turquoise was named Pantone Color of the Year for 2010. 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® 15-5519 Turquoise color swatch, approximately #45B5AA

Pantone® 15-5519 TCX

HEX#45B5AA
RGBrgb(69, 181, 170)
HSLhsl(174, 45%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(62%, 0%, 6%, 29%)

#45B5AA is a screen approximation that two independent open sources agree on — not an official Pantone® value.

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

White text on Turquoise

2.49:1

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

Black text on Turquoise

8.44:1

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

Color palettes based on Turquoise

Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel

#45B5AA
#B54550

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#50B545
#45B572
#45B5AA
#4588B5
#4550B5

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#45B5AA
#B54588
#B57245

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#45B5AA
#AA45B5
#B5AA45

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#0E2523
#2A6F68
#46B9AD
#90D5CE
#DAF1EF

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-2010-turquoise: #45B5AA;
}

.element {
  background-color: var(--pantone-coy-2010-turquoise);
}