Chocolate

#b8632e

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for chocolate, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Chocolate, a strong orange at 23 degrees. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Chocolate color values

Every conversion for #b8632e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b8632e

RGB184, 99, 46

HSL23, 60%, 45%

HSV23, 75%, 72%

CMYK0%, 46%, 75%, 28%

Lab51.05, 30.16, 43.94

XYZ24.72, 19.31, 5.01

Decimal12084014

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone471 C

Shades of chocolate

#a85a2a #985226 #884922 #78411e #68381a #583016 #482712 #381e0e #28160a #180d06

Tints of chocolate

#cc6e34 #d17d49 #d78c5e #dc9b73 #e1aa88 #e6b99d #ecc8b2 #f1d7c7 #f6e6dc #fbf5f1

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#2e83b8 Analogous#b82e3e Analogous#b8a82e Triadic#2eb863 Triadic#632eb8 Split complementary#2eb8a8 Split complementary#2e3eb8

Chocolate in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 46, 75, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b8632e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 46 75 28

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 46 73 34

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Chocolate in css

Copy #b8632e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b8632e; }
.text { color: #b8632e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b8632e; }

How chocolate looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Chocolate and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #b8632e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b8632e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Chocolate on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #b8632e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around chocolate? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn chocolate into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #b8632e and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from chocolate, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #b8632e are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.