Chocolate

#c85613

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. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Chocolate color values

Every conversion for #c85613, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c85613

RGB200, 86, 19

HSL22, 83%, 43%

HSV22, 91%, 78%

CMYK0%, 57%, 91%, 22%

Lab50.67, 42.4, 55.61

XYZ27.26, 18.98, 2.84

Decimal13129235

Web safe#cc6600

Pantone1595 C

Shades of chocolate

#b74f11 #a64710 #94400e #83380c #72310b #612a09 #502208 #3e1b06 #2d1304 #1c0c03

Tints of chocolate

#e16115 #ea6f27 #ed8040 #ef9159 #f2a172 #f4b28b #f6c2a4 #f9d3bd #fbe4d6 #fdf4ef

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#1385c8 Analogous#c8132b Analogous#c8b013 Triadic#13c856 Triadic#5613c8 Split complementary#13c8b1 Split complementary#132ac8

Chocolate in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 57, 90, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c85613 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 57 91 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 56 88 28

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Chocolate in css

Copy #c85613 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c85613; }
.text { color: #c85613; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c85613; }

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 #c85613 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c85613 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 #c85613 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 #c85613 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 #c85613 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.