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For some reason that color does not appear in the PANTONE list for at least the last three versions of Illustrator (and InDesign as well). I would suggest creating it yourself as a spot color setting it up like in the screen shot below:
Since Adobe now defines spot PANTONE colors using their LAB values I created the color using Lab values that I found at this link: Lab, RGB, CYMK and HLC Values for 2196 C from the Pantone C colour range . If you check the link you'll see that the actual values gi
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For some reason that color does not appear in the PANTONE list for at least the last three versions of Illustrator (and InDesign as well). I would suggest creating it yourself as a spot color setting it up like in the screen shot below:
Since Adobe now defines spot PANTONE colors using their LAB values I created the color using Lab values that I found at this link: Lab, RGB, CYMK and HLC Values for 2196 C from the Pantone C colour range . If you check the link you'll see that the actual values given are L=39.41 a=-17.4 and b=-51.91 but this is how Illustrator rounds off the values once you enter them. The CMYK values that the link gives (C=100 M=42 Y=0 K=30) differs from what you'll get if you switch the color mode of this custom color to CMYK (C=100 M=56.21 Y=9.61 K=.54) but since the LAB color is the way that Illustrator creates the representation on screen for the color I would go with defining it this way. As long as you are using it for a spot color it should be fine.
ADDITIONAL INFO FROM EDIT: I just realized that the link I gave is from the UK which may explain the difference in CMYK values as they can vary depending on what country you are in. Since you spell "color" the same way that I do I assume that you are also in the US and should go with whatever CMYK breakdown happens if you have to switch color modes from LAB.
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