Chocolate

#cd5a1d

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 21 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 #cd5a1d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cd5a1d

RGB205, 90, 29

HSL21, 75%, 46%

HSV21, 86%, 80%

CMYK0%, 56%, 86%, 20%

Lab52.26, 42.58, 53.72

XYZ29.05, 20.38, 3.56

Decimal13457949

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone1595 C

Shades of chocolate

#bb521a #a94a18 #984315 #863b13 #743310 #622b0e #50230b #3e1b09 #2d1406 #1b0c04

Tints of chocolate

#e06524 #e3753a #e68551 #ea9568 #eda57e #f0b495 #f3c4ac #f6d4c2 #fae4d9 #fdf4ef

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#1d90cd Analogous#cd1d38 Analogous#cdb21d Triadic#1dcd5a Triadic#5a1dcd Split complementary#1dcdb2 Split complementary#1d38cd

Chocolate in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 56, 86, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cd5a1d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 56 86 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 56 83 26

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 #cd5a1d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cd5a1d; }
.text { color: #cd5a1d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cd5a1d; }

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 #cd5a1d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cd5a1d 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 #cd5a1d 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 #cd5a1d 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 #cd5a1d is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.