Color codes
Find HTML, RGB and CMYK references for your designs.
Explore the guide →Understand. Compare. Create.
Find a color
that stays with you.
Start with a shade that catches your eye. Explore color names, HEX, HTML, RGB and CMYK codes, RAL and Pantone charts, and downloadable PDF catalogs.
Find a shade you love →Codes and color charts
A clear reference for the colors you imagine.
RAL color chart
Browse RAL references and discover the downloadable PDF catalog.
Explore the guide →Pantone color chart
Explore Pantone references for graphic design and printing.
Explore the guide →Explore colors by name
Screen colors and physical references
RGB and HTML codes describe colors for screens. CMYK is used in printing; the result depends on inks, paper and the color profile. RAL and Pantone references belong to distinct color systems.
On-screen swatches and PDF catalogs are visual guides, not a guarantee of an exact physical match. For a paint or print decision, check an appropriate physical reference. Our downloadable catalogs are PDF files, not physical swatch books.
Put your colors to work
Design an interface, choose a white paint or prepare a print project.
Compose a color palette
Adjust background, text and button colors. Check their contrast and export all four roles as CSS or JSON.
Open the color palette editorRAL 9010 or 9016?
Compare the two whites and plan a sample test on your surface, in the light where it will be used.
Compare RAL 9010 and 9016 whitesRich black or 100K?
Choose a black for small text or large solid areas, then check the requirements with your printer.
Choose a black for printingConvert a color
CMYK values are mathematical approximations, not an ICC-profile conversion.
More color guides
Use a color in code
Bring a color idea into focus with usable codes for screens and print, and clear conversion limits.
Build a palette
Let warm and cool shades meet, then explore the relationships that help a palette hold together.
Understand and explore color
Follow a name, a memory or a place through color meanings and themed palettes, with pages to color at your own pace.
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