Pantone® Color of the Year 2018

Ultra Violet

Pantone® 18-3838 TCX Ultra Violet was named Pantone Color of the Year for 2018. 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® 18-3838 Ultra Violet color swatch, approximately #5F4B8B

Pantone® 18-3838 TCX

HEX#5F4B8B
RGBrgb(95, 75, 139)
HSLhsl(259, 30%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(32%, 46%, 0%, 45%)

#5F4B8B is a screen approximation that two independent open sources agree on — not an official Pantone® value.

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

White text on Ultra Violet

7.33:1

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

Black text on Ultra Violet

2.87:1

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

Color palettes based on Ultra Violet

Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel

#5F4B8B
#778B4B

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#4B778B
#4B578B
#5F4B8B
#7F4B8B
#8B4B77

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#5F4B8B
#8B7F4B
#578B4B

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#5F4B8B
#8B5F4B
#4B8B5F

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#171221
#443663
#7159A6
#AA9CC9
#E3DEED

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-2018-ultra-violet: #5F4B8B;
}

.element {
  background-color: var(--pantone-coy-2018-ultra-violet);
}