Chocolate

#dd6a2c

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

Chocolate color values

Every conversion for #dd6a2c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dd6a2c

RGB221, 106, 44

HSL21, 72%, 52%

HSV21, 80%, 87%

CMYK0%, 52%, 80%, 13%

Lab57.91, 41.28, 53.46

XYZ35.43, 25.86, 5.51

Decimal14510636

Web safe#cc6633

Pantone166 C

Shades of chocolate

#d05f22 #bc551e #a84c1b #934318 #7f3a15 #6b3111 #57280e #431e0b #2f1507 #1a0c04

Tints of chocolate

#e07840 #e38653 #e69367 #eaa17a #edaf8e #f0bda1 #f3cbb5 #f6d9c9 #f9e6dc #fdf4f0

Colors that go with chocolate

Complementary#2c9fdd Analogous#dd2c46 Analogous#ddc32c Triadic#2cdd6a Triadic#6a2cdd Split complementary#2cddc2 Split complementary#2c47dd

Chocolate in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 52, 80, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dd6a2c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 52 80 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 52 78 19

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 #dd6a2c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dd6a2c; }
.text { color: #dd6a2c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dd6a2c; }

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 #dd6a2c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dd6a2c 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 #dd6a2c 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 #dd6a2c 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 #dd6a2c come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.