PANTONE® 18-4222 TCX Bluesteel
PANTONE® 18-4222 TCX Bluesteel is a distinctive shade from the PANTONE® Fashion, Home + Interiors (FHI) color system. It belongs to the Cotton TCX library and serves as a premium cotton color standard for designers, product developers, manufacturers and retailers throughout the international textile and lifestyle industry.
With its medium, balanced appearance, Bluesteel is a relevant shade for contemporary fashion, home-textile and interior collections. The color reads as clear, calm, confident and modern. Its balanced combination of color effect, material reference and clear TCX system logic makes it particularly suitable for high-quality textile applications.
- Color Family: Blue
- Color System: PANTONE® Fashion, Home + Interiors
- Material Standard: Cotton TCX
- Color Effect: clear, calm, confident, modern
The color number 18-4222 TCX uniquely identifies the shade within the PANTONE® Fashion, Home + Interiors system. Its individual components also describe the position of the color within the PANTONE® color space:
- 18 – Lightness: a medium to dark color value
- 42 – Hue: a yellow-green to natural-green hue area
- 22 – Chroma: a soft to medium saturation
Color family
Within the PANTONE® system, Bluesteel is classified as part of the Blue color family. Blue shades stand for clarity, calmness and reliability in textile color communication. Depending on lightness and saturation, the color can appear functional, elegant, maritime or deep and luxurious.
In combination with
Combined with the following shades, Bluesteel produces a calm, confident and premium color palette:
- off-white
- cool grey
- silver
- navy
- denim tones
- sand
- muted greens
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