HEX to Pantone Converter
Paste any hex, RGB or color and get the nearest Pantone color — matched by perceptual ΔE distance. Plus the closest buyable paint across 16 brands. Approximate, not official.
Example: #F0EEE9 is closest to Pantone Cloud Dancer.
Accepts HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK or a name — we'll find the nearest Pantone.
Closest match per brand by ΔE. Tap to open the full color page with where-to-buy. Want a whole scheme? Open the combination generator.
Paste your hex or RGB color into the box.
Read the nearest Pantone color name.
Copy the values, or open the nearest real paint match below.
| Color | HEX | Pantone |
|---|---|---|
| Red | #FF0000 | Pantone Cherry Tomato |
| Orange | #FFA500 | Pantone Saffron |
| Yellow | #FFFF00 | Pantone Blazing Yellow |
| Green | #008000 | Pantone Classic Green |
| Blue | #0000FF | Pantone Prism Violet |
| Navy | #000080 | Pantone Prism Violet |
| Sky Blue | #87CEEB | Pantone Blue Topaz |
| Teal | #008080 | Pantone Deep Peacock Blue |
| Purple | #800080 | Pantone Sparkling Grape |
| Pink | #FFC0CB | Pantone Rose Shadow |
| Brown | #A52A2A | Pantone Pompeian Red |
| Beige | #F5F5DC | Pantone Papyrus |
| White | #FFFFFF | Pantone Bright White |
| Grey | #808080 | Pantone Frost Gray |
| Black | #000000 | Pantone Black Beauty |
| Gold | #FFD700 | Pantone Cyber Yellow |
Our color tools run on our own catalogue of 26,000+ real paint colors across 16 brands — Benjamin Moore, Sherwin-Williams, Behr, Dulux, RAL and more — with the color math (HSL and CIELAB matching) computed in-house, not scraped from summaries. Every color you pick maps to a real, buyable paint with its code, so what you see here you can actually take to the store. We review and update these tools and their data regularly.
Created by Denis Kataev, founder of DSGN.HOUSE — a software engineer and digital entrepreneur building professional color-design tools for everyone.
How do I find the Pantone color for a hex?+
This tool finds the closest Pantone color by perceptual ΔE distance in Lab space, since exact matches rarely exist. Paste your hex above to see it.
Does this converter find a matching paint color?+
Yes — under the result it shows the nearest real paint across 16 brands (Benjamin Moore, Sherwin-Williams, Behr, Dulux and more) with its code and where to buy, so you can take any color straight to a can.
Is the hex to Pantone match exact?+
No — it's the nearest Pantone by approximation. Pantone doesn't publish official hex values, so always confirm against a physical Pantone guide before printing.
Does the converter work both ways?+
Yes — every pair is two-way. Convert in either direction, and the reverse converter is linked under 'Other converters'.