Chocolate

#bc6f45

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

This is Chocolate, a soft orange at 21 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 #bc6f45, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc6f45

RGB188, 111, 69

HSL21, 47%, 50%

HSV21, 63%, 74%

CMYK0%, 41%, 63%, 26%

Lab54.54, 26.63, 36.08

XYZ27.5, 22.49, 8.52

Decimal12349253

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone471 C

Shades of chocolate

#ac653e #9c5b38 #8b5132 #7a482c #6a3e26 #593420 #482a1a #382114 #27170e #160d08

Tints of chocolate

#c27c56 #c88a68 #cf9779 #d5a58a #dbb29b #e1bfad #e8cdbe #eedacf #f4e7e1 #faf5f2

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#4592bc Analogous#bc4557 Analogous#bcab45 Triadic#45bc6f Triadic#6f45bc Split complementary#45bcab Split complementary#4556bc

Chocolate in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 41, 63, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc6f45 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 41 63 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 42 62 32

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Chocolate in css

Copy #bc6f45 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc6f45; }
.text { color: #bc6f45; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc6f45; }

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 #bc6f45 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc6f45 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Chocolate on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bc6f45 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn chocolate into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bc6f45 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 #bc6f45 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.