Pantone® Color of the Year 2015

Marsala

Pantone® 18-1438 TCX Marsala was named Pantone Color of the Year for 2015. 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® 18-1438 Marsala color swatch, approximately #964F4C

Pantone® 18-1438 TCX

HEX#964F4C
RGBrgb(150, 79, 76)
HSLhsl(2, 33%, 44%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 47%, 49%, 41%)

#964F4C is a screen approximation that two independent open sources agree on — not an official Pantone® value.

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

White text on Marsala

5.97:1

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

Black text on Marsala

3.52:1

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

Color palettes based on Marsala

Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel

#964F4C
#4B9395

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#954B93
#954B6E
#964F4C
#95734B
#93954B

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#964F4C
#4B9573
#4B6E95

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#964F4C
#4B954E
#4E4B95

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#221211
#663533
#AA5855
#CC9B99
#EEDEDD

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-2015-marsala: #964F4C;
}

.element {
  background-color: var(--pantone-coy-2015-marsala);
}