Pantone® Color of the Year 2013

Emerald

Pantone® 17-5641 TCX Emerald was named Pantone Color of the Year for 2013. 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® 17-5641 Emerald color swatch, approximately #009473

Pantone® 17-5641 TCX

HEX#009473
RGBrgb(0, 148, 115)
HSLhsl(167, 100%, 29%)
CMYKcmyk(100%, 0%, 22%, 42%)

#009473 is an approximate screen value per Wikipedia — not an official Pantone® value.

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

White text on Emerald

3.82:1

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

Black text on Emerald

5.48:1

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

Color palettes based on Emerald

Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel

#009473
#940021

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#219400
#009429
#009473
#006B94
#002194

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#009473
#94006B
#942900

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#009473
#730094
#947300

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#003328
#009473
#00FFC8
#66FFDE
#CCFFF4

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-2013-emerald: #009473;
}

.element {
  background-color: var(--pantone-coy-2013-emerald);
}