Cocoa Powder 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 | #8995a0 |
| Complementary Color | #5f6b76 |
| Color Shade: | warm red (28.7° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 41.76% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Cocoa Powder Color. The Portabello color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Black Walnut (#5e4f46) for more energetic effect. Try Thunder Grey as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#5f6b76 is the best complementary color to Cocoa Powder. 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 #766a5f complementary color is Shuttle Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Sandstone are #765f5f and #76755f. Thus found on the left and right of #766a5f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Russett and Kokoda colors as they work well with Cocoa Powder.
The split-complementary Cocoa Powder palette consists of #5f5f76 and #5f7675 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5f6b76). Try Comet and Nevada colors in combination with #766a5f, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #766a5f 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 Cocoa Powder. Thus Salt Box and Corduroy giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Cocoa Powder contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Shuttle Gray, Cactus, and Salt Box split by 90° on the color wheel. #766a5f square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Cocoa Powder tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#5f6b76) and two others. The Corduroy is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Falcon – 120° from the complementary Shuttle Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5f766a and #765f6a.
In a RGB color space, hex #766a5f is made of 37% red, 33% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Cocoa Powder has a hue angle of 28.7°, a saturation of 10.8% and a lightness of 41.76%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #766a5f is made of 0% cyan, 4.7% magenta, 9.02% yellow and 53.73% black ink.
| HEX | #766a5f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(118,106,95) |
| RGB Percentage | 37%, 33%, 30% |
| CMYK | 0, 4.7, 9.02, 53.73 |
| HSL | hsl(28.7,10.8%,41.76%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(28.7,19.49%,46.27%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(45.6148,2.7509,7.89) |
| XYZ | xyz(14.6908,14.9858,12.9447) |