Chocolate Swirl Color

#68574b

Chocolate Swirl is pale, 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 #97a8b4
Complementary Color #4a5b68
Color Shade: warm red (24.83° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 35.1% (better contrasting with white)
Chocolate Swirl Color Sample
Chocolate Swirl Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #68574b

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Chocolate Swirl Color. The Whiskey Barrel color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Cardamom Spice (#837165) for more calm effect. Try Ermine as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#4a5b68 is the best complementary color to Chocolate Swirl. 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 #68574b complementary color is River Bed, 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 Soya Bean are #684a4d and #68654a. Thus found on the left and right of #68574b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ferra and Finch colors as they work well with Chocolate Swirl.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Chocolate Swirl palette consists of #4a4d68 and #4a6865 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4a5b68). Try Mulled Wine and Cutty Sark colors in combination with #68574b, 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 #68574b 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 Chocolate Swirl. Thus Mulled Wine and Nandor giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Chocolate Swirl contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary River Bed, Axolotl, and Mulled Wine split by 90° on the color wheel. #68574b 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. Chocolate Swirl tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#4a5b68) and two others. The Nandor is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eggplant – 120° from the complementary River Bed. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4a6857 and #684a5b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #68574b is made of 39% red, 33% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Chocolate Swirl has a hue angle of 24.83°, a saturation of 16.2% and a lightness of 35.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #68574b is made of 0% cyan, 6.66% magenta, 11.37% yellow and 59.22% black ink.

HEX #68574b
RGB Decimal rgb(104,87,75)
RGB Percentage 39%, 33%, 28%
CMYK 0, 6.66, 11.37, 59.22
HSL hsl(24.83,16.2%,35.1%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(24.83,27.88%,40.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(38.3182,4.9198,9.5687)
XYZ xyz(10.3871,10.2674,8.091)
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