Pantone® Color of the Year 2011
Honeysuckle
Pantone® 18-2120 TCX Honeysuckle was named Pantone Color of the Year for 2011. 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® 18-2120 TCX
- HEX#D94F70
- RGBrgb(217, 79, 112)
- HSLhsl(346, 64%, 58%)
- CMYKcmyk(0%, 64%, 48%, 15%)
#D94F70 is a screen approximation that two independent open sources agree on — not an official Pantone® value.
Text contrast (WCAG 2)
White text on Honeysuckle
3.96:1
AA normal: Fail · AA large: Pass · AAA normal: Fail
Black text on Honeysuckle
5.3:1
AA normal: Pass · AA large: Pass · AAA normal: Fail
Color palettes based on Honeysuckle
Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel
- #D94F70
- #4FD8B8
Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel
- #B84FD8
- #D84FB4
- #D94F70
- #D8744F
- #D8B84F
Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement
- #D94F70
- #4FD874
- #4FB4D8
Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel
- #D94F70
- #6FD84F
- #4F6FD8
Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue
- #2A0911
- #7D1C32
- #D12E54
- #E38298
- #F6D5DD
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-2011-honeysuckle: #D94F70;
}
.element {
background-color: var(--pantone-coy-2011-honeysuckle);
}