PANTONE® COTTON SWATCH CARD 15-4020 TCX Cerulean

PANTONE® 15-4020 TCX Cerulean

PANTONE® 15-4020 TCX Cerulean 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 light, soft appearance, Cerulean 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 15-4020 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:

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

Color family

Within the PANTONE® system, Cerulean 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 Cerulean produce a calm, confident and premium color palette:

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