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: 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® 11-4201 Cloud Dancer color swatch, approximately #F0EEE9

Pantone® 11-4201 TCX

HEX#F0EEE9
RGBrgb(240, 238, 233)
HSLhsl(43, 19%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1%, 3%, 6%)

#F0EEE9 is a screen approximation that two independent open sources agree on — not an official Pantone® value.

Text contrast (WCAG 2)

White text on Cloud Dancer

1.16:1

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

Black text on Cloud Dancer

18.11:1

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

Color palettes based on Cloud Dancer

Complementary — Opposite colors on the color wheel

#F0EEE9
#EAECF1

Analogous — Colors adjacent on the color wheel

#F1EAEC
#F1EBEA
#F0EEE9
#EFF1EA
#ECF1EA

Split Complementary — Base color + two adjacent to its complement

#F0EEE9
#EAEFF1
#EBEAF1

Triadic — Three colors evenly spaced on the color wheel

#F0EEE9
#EAF1EF
#EFEAF1

Monochromatic — Variations of lightness from the same hue

#1E1C15
#5B533E
#988A67
#C1B9A4
#EAE8E1

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: #F0EEE9;
}

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