PANTONE® COTTON SWATCH CARD 16-4016 TCX Soft Chambray

PANTONE® 16-4016 TCX Soft Chambray

PANTONE® 16-4016 TCX Soft Chambray is a distinctive shade from the PANTONE® Fashion, Home + Interiors (FHI) color system. It belongs to the Cotton TCX library and serves as a premium cotton color standard for designers, product developers, manufacturers and retailers throughout the international textile and lifestyle industry.

With its medium, soft appearance, Soft Chambray is a relevant shade for contemporary fashion, home-textile and interior collections. The color reads as clear, calm, confident and modern. Its balanced combination of color effect, material reference and clear TCX system logic makes it particularly suitable for high-quality textile applications.

• Color Family: Blue
• Color System: PANTONE® Fashion, Home + Interiors
• Material Standard: Cotton TCX
• Color Effect: clear, calm, confident, modern

The color number 16-4016 TCX uniquely identifies the shade within the PANTONE® Fashion, Home + Interiors system. Its individual components also describe the position of the color within the PANTONE® color space:

• 16 – Lightness: a medium color value
• 40 – Hue: a yellow-green to natural-green hue area
• 16 – Chroma: a soft to medium saturation

Color family

Within the PANTONE® system, Soft Chambray is classified as part of the Blue color family. Blue shades stand for clarity, calmness and reliability in textile color communication. Depending on lightness and saturation, the color can appear functional, elegant, maritime or deep and luxurious.

In combination with

the following shades let Soft Chambray produce a calm, confident and premium color palette:

• off-white
• cool grey
• silver
• navy
• denim tones
• sand
• muted greens