Changelog
Every feature, converter, tool, and page added to Pantone Colors since launch. Newest first.
October 2026
Tools Expansion
- Color shades generator — build a 50-950 scale from any base color
- WCAG contrast checker — dedicated accessibility audit for text/background pairs
- Pantone color palette builder — 5 harmony modes, lock slots, share URLs
- Pantone color chart PDF download — client-side PDF generation via jsPDF
- Pantone birth chart palette — map Sun, Moon, Rising, Venus to a color chart, download as PNG
October 2026
Comparison & Image Tools
- Compare two colors — side-by-side ΔE 2000 and WCAG contrast
- Image to Pantone converter — pick any pixel, get closest Pantone
- Pantone finder — alternative entry point to the image picker
October 2026
Extended Converters
- HSV to Pantone, Pantone to HSV
- HSL to Pantone, Pantone to HSL
- LAB to Pantone, Pantone to LAB (Delta E 2000 in CIELAB)
October 2026
RAL Coverage
- RAL Classic library — all 213 codes
- Pantone to RAL, RAL to Pantone converters
- RAL to HEX converter
- 213 individual RAL color pages with closest Pantone match
October 2026
Paint Brand Converters
- Pantone to Sherwin-Williams, Sherwin-Williams to Pantone
- Pantone to Benjamin Moore, Benjamin Moore to Pantone
- Pantone to paint colors (Sherwin-Williams and Benjamin Moore side-by-side)
October 2026
Color of the Year
- Pantone Color of the Year hub
- 27 individual year pages (2000-2026) with closest Pantone matches
October 2026
Base Color Pages & Basic Converters
- 14 base color pages: red, orange, yellow, green, teal, blue, purple, pink, brown, beige, gray, black, white, gold
- HEX to RGB, RGB to HEX, CMYK to RGB, RGB to CMYK, HEX to CMYK, CMYK to HEX
Earlier
Initial Launch
- 2,371 individual Pantone Solid Coated color pages
- 12 color family pages (red through black)
- 6 Pantone converters: HEX, RGB, CMYK, and reverse
- Image-based Pantone finder
- Delta E 2000 perceptual matching throughout
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