Chocolate

#cb6439

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 18 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 #cb6439, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cb6439
RGB203, 100, 57
HSL18, 58%, 51%
HSV18, 72%, 80%
CMYK0%, 51%, 72%, 20%
Lab54.14, 37.82, 42.52
XYZ29.92, 22.11, 6.56
Decimal13329465
Web safe#cc6633
Pantone1665 C
Pantone1665 CHex#cb6439Rgb203 100 57Cmyk0 51 72 20Lab54 38 43Darker#5d2d18Deep#954827Lighter#d59277

Shades of chocolate

Tints of chocolate

Colors that go with chocolate

Chocolate in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 51, 72, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cb6439 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 51 72 20
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 51 70 26
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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Chocolate in css

Copy #cb6439 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cb6439; }
.text { color: #cb6439; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cb6439; }

How chocolate looks on light and dark

Chocolate and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #cb6439 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.87:1
AAfail · AA largepass · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
5.42:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAAfail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cb6439 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 #cb6439 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #cb6439 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from chocolate, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #cb6439 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.