Pantone Solid Coated to CMYK Conversion

There are colors that exists outside CMYK gamut, which generally means, that you cannot represent them perfectly accurately using CMYK color system. Quite a lot of those colors could be found on Pantone Solid Coated color chart. For that reason we created this conversion tool that computes the best matching CMYK color based on any Pantone Solid Coated color code.

The Pantone Color Conversion Tool on this page allows you to convert your color in one click. It is a conversion tool that is designed to make the process of converting Pantone colors to CMYK colors easier. This is a very useful tool for designers and developers who use both Pantone and CMYK colors in their work.

Converting any Pantone color to CMYK is as easy as ever now that you can simply scroll down this table and click “Pantone to CMYK” conversion link next to your desired Pantone color.

Pantone is the leading color authority and provider of color standards for the design industries. CMYK is a printing process that uses four inks: cyan, magenta, yellow, and black so converting between CMYK and Pantone is a natural demand when working with color as it defines exact pigment colors and helps to control quality of production.

It is important to note, that what you actually see on your screen right now, cannot fully represent CMYK and Pantone as your monitor utilizes even different standard which is RGB. Moreover, what you will actually see depends on the calibration of the monitor (in RGB), so in some cases these colors look differently. What you see in this table serves only as a guide, to see the real color you should consult a Pantone color guide.

Pantone to CMYK converter is available below. Simply click the color that you wish to convert. Pantone to CMYK conversion will be calculated in the background and you will be taken to results page immediately. We hope that this is handy tool will provide sufficient results for your daily color conversion needs!

The color range is limited to “Pantone Solid Coated” but you can also browse “Pantone Solid Uncoated” and “Pantone CMYK Color guide” which covers the remaining subsets of Pantone colors that were not listed on this table.