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HEX to Pantone Converter

Find the closest PANTONE® solid colour to any HEX, RGB or CMYK colour.

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Quick Tool Overview

The HEX to Pantone Converter finds the closest PANTONE® Solid Coated or Uncoated colours to any HEX, RGB or CMYK value using CIEDE2000, and looks up Pantone codes to give their HEX, RGB and CMYK.

What it does
Finds the nearest Pantone to a colour
You give it
A HEX, RGB or CMYK colour, or a Pantone code
You get back
Ranked Pantone matches with ΔE
Best for
Specifying spot colours for print and merchandise
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About the HEX to Pantone Converter

Spot colours are specified in Pantone, and a brand that lives on screens usually has only a HEX code until the day it needs a printed box, a T-shirt or a sign. Finding the right Pantone by scrolling through swatch books on screen is slow, and picking the one that looks closest is unreliable.

Enter any colour and the converter compares it with over 3,000 Pantone Solid Coated and Uncoated screen values, ranking the closest by CIEDE2000 — the colour difference formula the print industry uses — and saying in plain words how visible each difference is. Your colour and each match sit side by side. You can also look a Pantone code up directly to get its HEX, RGB and CMYK.

Key features of the HEX to Pantone Converter

Over 3,000 swatches

Solid Coated and Uncoated libraries, searchable separately or together.

CIEDE2000 ranking

Matches are ranked by the perceptual difference formula used in print.

Side-by-side swatches

Your colour and each Pantone are shown together so you can judge by eye.

Plain-English difference

Each ΔE is described — invisible, slight, noticeable or clearly different.

Code lookup

Type a Pantone code to see its screen HEX, RGB and CMYK values.

How to use the HEX to Pantone Converter

  1. 1

    Enter your colour

    A HEX code, an RGB or CMYK value, or pick it on screen.

  2. 2

    Pick the Pantone library

    Solid Coated for glossy stock, Uncoated for matt paper, or both.

  3. 3

    Compare the matches

    Each match is shown beside your colour with its ΔE difference.

  4. 4

    Or look a code up

    Type a Pantone code such as 186 C to see its screen values.

Frequently asked questions

There is no exact formula, because Pantone colours are physical inks. The converter finds the Pantone whose screen value is perceptually nearest to your HEX.

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