Pantone® Color of the Year 2014

Radiant Orchid

Pantone® 18-3224 TCX Radiant Orchid was named Pantone Color of the Year for 2014. 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® 18-3224 Radiant Orchid color swatch, approximately #B163A3

Pantone® 18-3224 TCX

HEX#B163A3
RGBrgb(177, 99, 163)
HSLhsl(311, 33%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 44%, 8%, 31%)

#B163A3 is an approximate screen value per Wikipedia — not an official Pantone® value.

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

White text on Radiant Orchid

4.05:1

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

Black text on Radiant Orchid

5.18:1

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

Color palettes based on Radiant Orchid

Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel

#B163A3
#63B171

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#7163B1
#9863B1
#B163A3
#B1637C
#B17163

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#B163A3
#7CB163
#63B198

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#B163A3
#A3B163
#63A3B1

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#22111F
#66335C
#B163A3
#CC99C2
#EEDDEB

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-2014-radiant-orchid: #B163A3;
}

.element {
  background-color: var(--pantone-coy-2014-radiant-orchid);
}