Chocolate Sprinkle Color

#6f4e43

Chocolate Sprinkle is pale, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, violet or cool green

Inverse Color #90b1bc
Complementary Color #43636e
Color Shade: mid red (15° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 34.9% (better contrasting with white)
Chocolate Sprinkle Color Sample
Chocolate Sprinkle Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6f4e43

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Chocolate Sprinkle Color. The Rock color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Paco (#4f4037) for more calm effect. Try Caliente as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#43636e is the best complementary color to Chocolate Sprinkle. 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 #6f4e43 complementary color is Blue Bayoux, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Tobacco Brown are #6e434d and #6e6343. Thus found on the left and right of #6f4e43 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Eggplant and Tobacco Brown colors as they work well with Chocolate Sprinkle.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Chocolate Sprinkle palette consists of #434d6e and #436e63 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#43636e). Try Fiord and Mineral Green colors in combination with #6f4e43, 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 #6f4e43 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 Sprinkle. Thus Mulled Wine and Killarney giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Chocolate Sprinkle contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Bayoux, Chalet Green, and Mulled Wine split by 90° on the color wheel. #6f4e43 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and violet 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 Sprinkle tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#43636e) and two others. The Killarney is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eggplant – 120° from the complementary Blue Bayoux. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #436e4e and #6e4363.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6f4e43 is made of 43% red, 30% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Chocolate Sprinkle has a hue angle of 15°, a saturation of 24.72% and a lightness of 34.9%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6f4e43 is made of 0% cyan, 12.94% magenta, 17.26% yellow and 56.47% black ink.

HEX #6f4e43
RGB Decimal rgb(111,78,67)
RGB Percentage 43%, 30%, 26%
CMYK 0, 12.94, 17.26, 56.47
HSL hsl(15,24.72%,34.9%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(15,39.64%,43.53%)
CIE-LAB lab(36.4301,12.3345,12.0317)
XYZ xyz(10.2931,9.2335,6.5499)
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