From time to time I get clients who have logos or print materials that have specific PANTONE® colors associated with them and they want those colors portrayed in their web color scheme. I just started a project that fits this bill and went looking for a conversion tool this morning.
PANTONE® has a product that will allow you to enter a Pantone color and retrieve its RGB, CMYK or Hexadecimal code, but it is $49.95. I’m too cheap and impatient for that today.
Instead, I found a convenient chart at Sandaleo that lists the PMS color, the RGB components, the Hex # and shows the color all in one place.
While there is no guarantee on the exact color match due to monitor settings and the nature of the web in general, this is a pretty handy tool for quick references.
Other tools in my color toolbox include ColorSchemer Online and Kuler. Do you know of any others to add to my collection? If so, please leave a comment and let me know.
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5 Comments»
Randa
2. May 2007 | 18:41 hGreat tool- thanks for posting this.
Linda
4. May 2007 | 17:50 hGreat! I’ve found one I like where you can see what colors go together.
http://www.siteprocentral.com/html_color_code.html
I will add you to my blogroll by the way, I really like the new design and read through bloglines usually.
Paul Enderson
5. May 2007 | 21:38 hThanks for that - it’s always useful to have additional methods of cross-checking colour matches!
I personally use ColourLovers - http://www.colourlovers.com - a fair bit. It does what Kuler does, but it did it first! ;¬)
Char
5. May 2007 | 21:48 hRanda - you are welcome.
Linda - that is a good tool - thanks for sharing it with us.
Paul - thanks for sharing colourlovers too - very useful links to add to my collection.
Angela
6. December 2007 | 15:24 hI use this one A LOT!
http://html-color-codes.com/