Chocolate Sparkle is pale, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green
| Inverse Color | #739390 |
| Complementary Color | #6b8c89 |
| Color Shade: | cool red (354.38° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 48.63% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Chocolate Sparkle Color. The Falcon color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Deepest Mauve (#6d595a) for more calm effect. Try Sunset Red as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#6b8c89 is the best complementary color to Chocolate Sparkle. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8c6c6f complementary color is Juniper, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Opium are #8c6b7f and #8c796b. Thus found on the left and right of #8c6c6f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Strikemaster and Makara colors as they work well with Chocolate Sparkle.
The split-complementary Chocolate Sparkle palette consists of #6b7f8c and #6b8c79 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6b8c89). Try Slate Gray and Viridian Green colors in combination with #8c6c6f, 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 #8c6c6f offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Chocolate Sparkle. Thus Storm Gray and Highland giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Chocolate Sparkle contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Juniper, Battleship Gray, and Rum split by 90° on the color wheel. #8c6c6f square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Chocolate Sparkle tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#6b8c89) and two others. The Highland is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Trendy Pink – 120° from the complementary Juniper. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6e8c6b and #896b8c.
In a RGB color space, hex #8c6c6f is made of 39% red, 30% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Chocolate Sparkle has a hue angle of 354.38°, a saturation of 12.9% and a lightness of 48.63%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8c6c6f is made of 0% cyan, 12.55% magenta, 11.37% yellow and 45.1% black ink.
| HEX | #8c6c6f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(140,108,111) |
| RGB Percentage | 39%, 30%, 31% |
| CMYK | 0, 12.55, 11.37, 45.1 |
| HSL | hsl(354.38,12.9%,48.63%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(354.38,22.86%,54.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(48.82,13.1982,3.2201) |
| XYZ | xyz(19.047,17.4483,17.4029) |