Chocolate

#c5742a

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

Chocolate is a mid orange with confident warmth. 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 #c5742a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c5742a

RGB197, 116, 42

HSL29, 65%, 47%

HSV29, 79%, 77%

CMYK0%, 41%, 79%, 23%

Lab56.61, 26.27, 51.9

XYZ29.69, 24.53, 5.36

Decimal12940330

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone723 C

Shades of chocolate

#b46a26 #a36023 #91561f #804c1b #6f4118 #5e3714 #4d2d10 #3c230d #2a1909 #190f05

Tints of chocolate

#d48134 #d88e49 #dd9b5e #e1a873 #e6b588 #eac29d #efcfb2 #f3dcc7 #f7e9db #fcf6f0

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#2a7bc5 Analogous#c52a2d Analogous#c5c22a Triadic#2ac574 Triadic#742ac5 Split complementary#2ac5c2 Split complementary#2a2dc5

Chocolate in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 41, 79, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c5742a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 41 79 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 42 77 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 #c5742a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c5742a; }
.text { color: #c5742a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c5742a; }

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 #c5742a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c5742a 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 #c5742a 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 #c5742a 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 #c5742a 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.