Bittersweet Chocolate Color

#4f2b17

Bittersweet Chocolate is calm, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #b0d4e8
Complementary Color #173a4f
Color Shade: warm red (21.43° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 20% (better contrasting with white)
Bittersweet Chocolate Color Sample
Bittersweet Chocolate Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #4f2b17

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Bittersweet Chocolate Color. The Satoimo Brown color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Kobicha (#6b4423) for more calm effect. Try Otter Brown as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#173a4f is the best complementary color to Bittersweet Chocolate. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #4f2b17 complementary color is Nile Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Brown Derby are #4f171e and #4f4717. Thus found on the left and right of #4f2b17 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Brown Derby and Punga colors as they work well with Bittersweet Chocolate.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Bittersweet Chocolate palette consists of #171e4f and #174f47 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#173a4f). Try Bunting and Green Pea colors in combination with #4f2b17, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #4f2b17 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Bittersweet Chocolate. Thus Valhalla and Parsley giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Bittersweet Chocolate contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Nile Blue, Parsley, and Grape split by 90° on the color wheel. #4f2b17 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Bittersweet Chocolate tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#173a4f) and two others. The Parsley is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Wine Berry – 120° from the complementary Nile Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #174f2b and #4f173a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #4f2b17 is made of 54% red, 30% green and 16% blue. In a HSL mode Bittersweet Chocolate has a hue angle of 21.43°, a saturation of 54.9% and a lightness of 20%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4f2b17 is made of 0% cyan, 14.12% magenta, 21.96% yellow and 69.02% black ink.

HEX #4f2b17
RGB Decimal rgb(79,43,23)
RGB Percentage 54%, 30%, 16%
CMYK 0, 14.12, 21.96, 69.02
HSL hsl(21.43,54.9%,20%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(21.43,70.89%,30.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(21.7697,14.57,19.9633)
XYZ xyz(4.243,3.4519,1.2533)
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