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: 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® 18-1438 Marsala color swatch, approximately #955251

Pantone® 18-1438 TCX

HEX#955251
RGBrgb(149, 82, 81)
HSLhsl(1, 30%, 45%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 45%, 46%, 42%)

#955251 is an approximate screen value per Wikipedia — not an official Pantone® value.

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

White text on Marsala

5.82:1

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

Black text on Marsala

3.6:1

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

Color palettes based on Marsala

Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel

#955251
#519495

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#955194
#955172
#955251
#957451
#949551

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#955251
#519574
#517295

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#955251
#519552
#525195

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#211212
#633636
#955251
#C99C9C
#EDDEDE

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: #955251;
}

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