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

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

White text on Living Coral

2.73:1

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

Black text on Living Coral

7.7:1

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

Color palettes based on Living Coral

Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel

#FF6F61
#61F2FF

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#FF61F2
#FF61A3
#FF6F61
#FFBD61
#F2FF61

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#FF6F61
#61FFBD
#61A3FF

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#FF6F61
#61FF6E
#6E61FF

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#330400
#990D00
#FF1500
#FF7366
#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);
}