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Pantone® Color of the Year 2019

Living Coral

Pantone® 16-1546 TCX Living Coral was named Pantone Color of the Year for 2019. 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® 16-1546 Living Coral color swatch, approximately #FF6F61

Pantone® 16-1546 TCX

  • HEX#FF6F61
  • RGBrgb(255, 111, 97)
  • HSLhsl(5, 100%, 69%)
  • CMYKcmyk(0%, 56%, 62%, 0%)

#FF6F61 is an approximate screen value per Wikipedia — not an official Pantone® value.

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

Aa

White text on Living Coral

2.72:1

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

Aa

Black text on Living Coral

7.69:1

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

Color palettes based on Living Coral

Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel

  • #FF6F61
  • #61F1FF

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

  • #FF61F1
  • #FF61A2
  • #FF6F61
  • #FFBE61
  • #F1FF61

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

  • #FF6F61
  • #61FFBE
  • #61A2FF

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

  • #FF6F61
  • #61FF6F
  • #6F61FF

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

  • #330400
  • #990D00
  • #FF1500
  • #FF6F61
  • #FFD0CC

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-2019-living-coral: #FF6F61;
}

.element {
  background-color: var(--pantone-coy-2019-living-coral);
}