Chocolate

#cb6f48

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

Chocolate sits in the orange range, mid and strong. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Chocolate color values

Every conversion for #cb6f48, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cb6f48

RGB203, 111, 72

HSL18, 56%, 54%

HSV18, 65%, 80%

CMYK0%, 45%, 65%, 20%

Lab56.62, 32.94, 37.42

XYZ31.48, 24.53, 9.21

Decimal13332296

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone471 C

Shades of chocolate

#c36137 #b05832 #9d4e2d #8a4527 #773b22 #64321c #512817 #3e1f12 #2b150c #180c07

Tints of chocolate

#d07c59 #d58a6a #d9977b #dea48c #e3b29d #e8bfad #edccbe #f1d9cf #f6e7e0 #fbf4f1

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#48a4cb Analogous#cb4863 Analogous#cbb048 Triadic#48cb6f Triadic#6f48cb Split complementary#48cbb1 Split complementary#4862cb

Chocolate in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 45, 65, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cb6f48 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 45 65 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 45 64 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Chocolate in css

Copy #cb6f48 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cb6f48; }
.text { color: #cb6f48; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cb6f48; }

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 #cb6f48 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cb6f48 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 #cb6f48 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 #cb6f48 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 #cb6f48 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.