Semi Sweet Chocolate Color

#6b4226

Semi Sweet 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 #94bdd9
Complementary Color #254e6b
Color Shade: warm red (24.35° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 28.43% (better contrasting with white)
Semi Sweet Chocolate Color Sample
Semi Sweet Chocolate Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6b4226

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Semi Sweet Chocolate Color. The Potters Clay color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Café Noir (#4b3621) for more calm effect. Try Remaining Embers as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#254e6b is the best complementary color to Semi Sweet 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 #6b4226 complementary color is Astronaut, 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 Pickled Bean are #6b252c and #6b6425. Thus found on the left and right of #6b4226 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tawny Port and Crete colors as they work well with Semi Sweet Chocolate.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Semi Sweet Chocolate palette consists of #252c6b and #256b64 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#254e6b). Try Astronaut and Casal colors in combination with #6b4226, 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 #6b4226 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 Semi Sweet Chocolate. Thus Jacarta and Green Pea giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Semi Sweet Chocolate contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Astronaut, Green Pea, and Eminence split by 90° on the color wheel. #6b4226 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. Semi Sweet Chocolate tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#254e6b) and two others. The Green Pea is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tawny Port – 120° from the complementary Astronaut. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #256b42 and #6b254f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6b4226 is made of 51% red, 31% green and 18% blue. In a HSL mode Semi Sweet Chocolate has a hue angle of 24.35°, a saturation of 47.59% and a lightness of 28.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6b4226 is made of 0% cyan, 16.08% magenta, 27.06% yellow and 58.04% black ink.

HEX #6b4226
RGB Decimal rgb(107,66,38)
RGB Percentage 51%, 31%, 18%
CMYK 0, 16.08, 27.06, 58.04
HSL hsl(24.35,47.59%,28.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(24.35,64.49%,41.96%)
CIE-LAB lab(32.1733,14.7309,24.1972)
XYZ xyz(8.3615,7.1622,2.7755)
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