Chocolate

#c66e2d

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 25 degrees. 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 #c66e2d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c66e2d

RGB198, 110, 45

HSL25, 63%, 48%

HSV25, 77%, 78%

CMYK0%, 44%, 77%, 22%

Lab55.43, 30.03, 49.48

XYZ29.34, 23.35, 5.44

Decimal13004333

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone159 C

Shades of chocolate

#b56429 #a35b25 #925121 #81481d #6f3e19 #5e3415 #4d2b11 #3c210e #2a170a #190e06

Tints of chocolate

#d27b3a #d7884e #db9662 #e0a377 #e5b18b #e9bf9f #eeccb4 #f2dac8 #f7e8dc #fcf5f0

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#2d85c6 Analogous#c62d38 Analogous#c6bb2d Triadic#2dc66e Triadic#6e2dc6 Split complementary#2dc6bb Split complementary#2d38c6

Chocolate in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 44, 77, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c66e2d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 44 77 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 44 75 28

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 #c66e2d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c66e2d; }
.text { color: #c66e2d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c66e2d; }

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 #c66e2d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c66e2d 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 #c66e2d 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 #c66e2d 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

The figures for #c66e2d come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.