Chocolate

#ca591f

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 20 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 #ca591f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca591f

RGB202, 89, 31

HSL20, 73%, 46%

HSV20, 85%, 79%

CMYK0%, 56%, 85%, 21%

Lab51.61, 41.97, 52.18

XYZ28.18, 19.8, 3.63

Decimal13261087

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone1595 C

Shades of chocolate

#b8511c #a74a1a #954217 #843a14 #723212 #612b0f #4f230c #3e1b09 #2c1307 #1b0c04

Tints of chocolate

#de6425 #e1743c #e48452 #e89469 #eba47f #efb496 #f2c4ac #f6d4c3 #f9e4d9 #fdf4f0

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#1f90ca Analogous#ca1f3a Analogous#caaf1f Triadic#1fca59 Triadic#591fca Split complementary#1fcaaf Split complementary#1f3aca

Chocolate in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 56, 85, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca591f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 56 85 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 56 82 27

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #ca591f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca591f; }
.text { color: #ca591f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca591f; }

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 #ca591f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca591f 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 #ca591f 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 #ca591f 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 #ca591f are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.