Chocolate

#c57c57

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 #c57c57, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c57c57

RGB197, 124, 87

HSL20, 49%, 56%

HSV20, 56%, 77%

CMYK0%, 37%, 56%, 23%

Lab58.95, 24.61, 31.92

XYZ31.95, 26.97, 12.54

Decimal12942423

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone4645 C

Shades of chocolate

#be6d44 #ad623c #9b5735 #884d2f #754228 #623722 #4f2d1b #3c2215 #2a180e #170d08

Tints of chocolate

#ca8866 #d09476 #d5a085 #daac95 #e0b8a4 #e5c4b4 #ead0c3 #f0ddd3 #f5e9e2 #faf5f2

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#57a0c5 Analogous#c55769 Analogous#c5b357 Triadic#57c57c Triadic#7c57c5 Split complementary#57c5b3 Split complementary#5769c5

Chocolate in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 37, 56, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c57c57 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 37 56 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 38 56 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 #c57c57 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c57c57; }
.text { color: #c57c57; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c57c57; }

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 #c57c57 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c57c57 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 #c57c57 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 #c57c57 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 #c57c57 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.