How is the nearest Pantone found?

It compares your hex against a curated table of common Pantone PMS coated colours using a perceptual colour-distance metric (a luminance-weighted “redmean” distance) and ranks the closest five.

No: it is an approximation. Pantone spot inks cannot be reproduced exactly from a screen colour, so treat the result as a starting point, not a guarantee.

Is my colour sent to a server?

No — everything is computed in your browser against a built-in table, with no network requests.

Hex to Pantone (Approximate)

Find the closest Pantone PMS coated colours to any hex value.

Closest Pantone PMS coated to a hex colour

When you have a brand or design hex value and need a rough Pantone PMS coated equivalent, this tool ranks the closest matches from a curated reference table using a perceptual colour-distance metric, with an approximate match percentage.

Pantone is a proprietary spot-ink system, so the result is an approximation for digital reference — always confirm against a physical swatch book before committing to print. Everything runs in your browser.