Pantone® Color of the Year 2016

Rose Quartz & Serenity

For 2016, Pantone named two colors together: Pantone® 13-1520 TCX Rose Quartz and Pantone® 15-3919 TCX Serenity. 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.

Rose Quartz

Pantone® 13-1520 TCX

HEX#F7CAC9
RGBrgb(247, 202, 201)
HSLhsl(1, 74%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18%, 19%, 3%)

#F7CAC9 is a screen approximation that two independent open sources agree on — not an official Pantone® value.

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

White text on Rose Quartz

1.47:1

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

Black text on Rose Quartz

14.25:1

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

Color palettes based on Rose Quartz

Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel

#F7CAC9
#CAF6F7

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#F7CAF6
#F7CAE0
#F7CAC9
#F7E1CA
#F6F7CA

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#F7CAC9
#CAF7E1
#CAE0F7

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#F7CAC9
#CAF7CB
#CBCAF7

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#2C0707
#851614
#DE2421
#EB7C7A
#F8D3D3

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-2016-rose-quartz: #F7CAC9;
}

.element {
  background-color: var(--pantone-coy-2016-rose-quartz);
}

Serenity

Pantone® 15-3919 TCX

HEX#91A8D0
RGBrgb(145, 168, 208)
HSLhsl(218, 40%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(30%, 19%, 0%, 18%)

#91A8D0 is a screen approximation that two independent open sources agree on — not an official Pantone® value.

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

White text on Serenity

2.41:1