Pantone® Color of the Year 2020

Classic Blue

Pantone® 19-4052 TCX Classic Blue was named Pantone Color of the Year for 2020. 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® 19-4052 Classic Blue color swatch, approximately #0F4C81

Pantone® 19-4052 TCX

HEX#0F4C81
RGBrgb(15, 76, 129)
HSLhsl(208, 79%, 28%)
CMYKcmyk(88%, 41%, 0%, 49%)

#0F4C81 is an approximate screen value per Wikipedia — not an official Pantone® value.

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

White text on Classic Blue

8.85:1

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

Black text on Classic Blue

2.37:1

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

Color palettes based on Classic Blue

Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel

#0F4C81
#81440F

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#0F8144
#0F817D
#0F4C81
#0F1381
#440F81

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#0F4C81
#810F13
#817D0F

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#0F4C81
#810F4C
#4C810F

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#051B2E
#0F4C81
#1B86E4
#76B7EF
#D1E7FA

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-2020-classic-blue: #0F4C81;
}

.element {
  background-color: var(--pantone-coy-2020-classic-blue);
}