Chocolate

#c56721

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 26 degrees. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Chocolate color values

Every conversion for #c56721, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c56721

RGB197, 103, 33

HSL26, 71%, 45%

HSV26, 83%, 77%

CMYK0%, 48%, 83%, 23%

Lab53.69, 32.92, 52.9

XYZ28.15, 21.68, 4.14

Decimal12936993

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone159 C

Shades of chocolate

#b45e1e #a3551b #924c18 #814316 #703a13 #5f3110 #4d280d #3c200a #2b1707 #1a0e04

Tints of chocolate

#db7326 #de813c #e29053 #e69e69 #eaad7f #edbb96 #f1caac #f5d8c3 #f9e7d9 #fcf5f0

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#217fc5 Analogous#c5212d Analogous#c5b921 Triadic#21c567 Triadic#6721c5 Split complementary#21c5b9 Split complementary#212dc5

Chocolate in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 48, 83, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c56721 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 48 83 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 48 80 29

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 #c56721 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c56721; }
.text { color: #c56721; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c56721; }

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 #c56721 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c56721 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 #c56721 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 #c56721 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 #c56721 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.