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: 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® 18-3224 Radiant Orchid color swatch, approximately #AD5E99

Pantone® 18-3224 TCX

HEX#AD5E99
RGBrgb(173, 94, 153)
HSLhsl(315, 33%, 52%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 46%, 12%, 32%)

#AD5E99 is a screen approximation that two independent open sources agree on — not an official Pantone® value.

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

White text on Radiant Orchid

4.34:1

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

Black text on Radiant Orchid

4.84:1

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

Color palettes based on Radiant Orchid

Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel

#AD5E99
#5CAD70

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#705CAD
#995CAD
#AD5E99
#AD5C70
#AD705C

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#AD5E99
#70AD5C
#5CAD99

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#AD5E99
#99AD5C
#5C99AD

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#22111E
#663359
#AA5595
#CC99BF
#EEDDEA

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: #AD5E99;
}

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