Chocolate

#cb640a

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

Chocolate sits in the orange range, deep and vivid. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. 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 #cb640a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cb640a

RGB203, 100, 10

HSL28, 91%, 42%

HSV28, 95%, 80%

CMYK0%, 51%, 95%, 20%

Lab53.85, 36.46, 60.29

XYZ29.24, 21.83, 2.96

Decimal13329418

Web safe#cc6600

Pantone159 C

Shades of chocolate

#ba5b09 #a85308 #974a07 #854207 #743906 #633105 #512804 #401f03 #2f1702 #1d0e01

Tints of chocolate

#e6710b #f47f19 #f58e34 #f69d4e #f8ab69 #f9ba84 #fac99e #fcd8b9 #fde7d3 #fef6ee

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#0a71cb Analogous#cb0a10 Analogous#cbc50a Triadic#0acb64 Triadic#640acb Split complementary#0acbc5 Split complementary#0a10cb

Chocolate in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 51, 95, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cb640a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 51 95 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 51 91 26

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Chocolate in css

Copy #cb640a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cb640a; }
.text { color: #cb640a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cb640a; }

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 #cb640a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cb640a 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 #cb640a 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 #cb640a 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 #cb640a are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.