Chocolate

#c16624

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 25 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 #c16624, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c16624

RGB193, 102, 36

HSL25, 69%, 45%

HSV25, 81%, 76%

CMYK0%, 47%, 81%, 24%

Lab52.91, 31.89, 50.76

XYZ27.06, 20.97, 4.29

Decimal12674596

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone471 C

Shades of chocolate

#b05d21 #a0541e #8f4b1b #7e4318 #6d3a14 #5d3111 #4c280e #3b1f0b #2b1608 #1a0e05

Tints of chocolate

#d77228 #db803f #df8f55 #e39e6b #e8ac81 #ecbb97 #f0c9ad #f4d8c4 #f8e7da #fcf5f0

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#247fc1 Analogous#c12431 Analogous#c1b424 Triadic#24c166 Triadic#6624c1 Split complementary#24c1b4 Split complementary#2431c1

Chocolate in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 47, 81, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c16624 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 47 81 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 47 79 30

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 #c16624 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c16624; }
.text { color: #c16624; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c16624; }

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 #c16624 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c16624 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 #c16624 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 #c16624 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

The figures for #c16624 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.