Cocoa Shell 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 | #8199a8 |
| Complementary Color | #576f7e |
| Color Shade: | warm red (23.08° 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 Shell Color. The Tiger's Eye 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 Restful Brown (#8c7e6f) for more calm effect. Try Resort Tan as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#576f7e is the best complementary color to Cocoa Shell. 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 #7e6657 complementary color is Blue Bayoux, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Roman Coffee are #7e575b and #7e7957. Thus found on the left and right of #7e6657 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Russett and Go Ben colors as they work well with Cocoa Shell.
The split-complementary Cocoa Shell palette consists of #575b7e and #577e79 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#576f7e). Try Comet and Cutty Sark colors in combination with #7e6657, 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 #7e6657 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 Shell. Thus Smoky and Spring Leaves giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Cocoa Shell contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Bayoux, Glade Green, and Rum split by 90° on the color wheel. #7e6657 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 Shell tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#576f7e) and two others. The Spring Leaves is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Falcon – 120° from the complementary Blue Bayoux. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #577e66 and #7e576f.
In a RGB color space, hex #7e6657 is made of 40% red, 32% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Cocoa Shell has a hue angle of 23.08°, a saturation of 18.31% and a lightness of 41.76%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7e6657 is made of 0% cyan, 9.41% magenta, 15.29% yellow and 50.59% black ink.
| HEX | #7e6657 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(126,102,87) |
| RGB Percentage | 40%, 32%, 28% |
| CMYK | 0, 9.41, 15.29, 50.59 |
| HSL | hsl(23.08,18.31%,41.76%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(23.08,30.95%,49.41%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(45.1183,7.2152,12.1002) |
| XYZ | xyz(15.0759,14.6265,11.0454) |