Chocolate

#bc6d4e

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 soft. 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 #bc6d4e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc6d4e

RGB188, 109, 78

HSL17, 45%, 52%

HSV17, 59%, 74%

CMYK0%, 42%, 59%, 26%

Lab54.22, 28.38, 30.72

XYZ27.58, 22.18, 10.03

Decimal12348750

Web safe#cc6666

Pantone471 C

Shades of chocolate

#b06143 #9f583c #8e4e36 #7d452f #6c3c29 #5b3222 #49291c #381f15 #27160f #160c08

Tints of chocolate

#c27b5e #c8886f #cf967f #d5a390 #dbb1a0 #e1beb0 #e7ccc1 #eed9d1 #f4e7e2 #faf4f2

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#4e9dbc Analogous#bc4e66 Analogous#bca44e Triadic#4ebc6d Triadic#6d4ebc Split complementary#4ebca4 Split complementary#4e66bc

Chocolate in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 42, 59, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc6d4e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 42 59 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 43 58 32

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 #bc6d4e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc6d4e; }
.text { color: #bc6d4e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc6d4e; }

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 #bc6d4e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc6d4e 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 #bc6d4e 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 #bc6d4e 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

Every value on this page for #bc6d4e is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.