Pantone® Color of the Year 2026

Cloud Dancer

Pantone® 11-4201 TCX Cloud Dancer was named Pantone Color of the Year for 2026. 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® 11-4201 Cloud Dancer color swatch, approximately #F0EFEA

Pantone® 11-4201 TCX

HEX#F0EFEA
RGBrgb(240, 239, 234)
HSLhsl(50, 17%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 3%, 6%)

#F0EFEA is an approximate screen value per Wikipedia — not an official Pantone® value.

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

White text on Cloud Dancer

1.15:1

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

Black text on Cloud Dancer

18.23:1

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

Color palettes based on Cloud Dancer

Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel

#F0EFEA
#EAEBF0

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#F0EAEB
#F0ECEA
#F0EFEA
#EEF0EA
#EBF0EA

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#F0EFEA
#EAEEF0
#ECEAF0

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#F0EFEA
#EAF0EF
#EFEAF0

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#1E1C15
#5A553F
#958E6A
#C0BBA5
#F0EFEA

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-2026-cloud-dancer: #F0EFEA;
}

.element {
  background-color: var(--pantone-coy-2026-cloud-dancer);
}