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: 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® 18-2120 Honeysuckle color swatch, approximately #D94F70

Pantone® 18-2120 TCX

HEX#D94F70
RGBrgb(217, 79, 112)
HSLhsl(346, 64%, 58%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 64%, 48%, 15%)

#D94F70 is an approximate screen value per Wikipedia — 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
#4FD9B8

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#B84FD9
#D94FB5
#D94F70
#D9734F
#D9B84F

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#D94F70
#4FD973
#4FB5D9

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#D94F70
#70D94F
#4F70D9

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#2A0911
#7D1C32
#D94F70
#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);
}