Chocolate Milk Color

#976f4c

Chocolate Milk 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 #6890b3
Complementary Color #4b7497
Color Shade: warm red (28° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 44.51% (better contrasting with white)
Chocolate Milk Color Sample
Chocolate Milk Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #976f4c

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Chocolate Milk Color. The Wooden Cabin 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 Queen Lioness (#77613d) for more calm effect. Try Caramel Kiss as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#4b7497 is the best complementary color to Chocolate Milk. 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 #976f4c complementary color is Kashmir Blue, 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 Cape Palliser are #974b4e and #97944b. Thus found on the left and right of #976f4c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Copper Rust and Barley Corn colors as they work well with Chocolate Milk.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Chocolate Milk palette consists of #4b4e97 and #4b9794 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4b7497). Try Victoria and Smalt Blue colors in combination with #976f4c, 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 #976f4c 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 Milk. Thus Affair and Fruit Salad giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Chocolate Milk contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Kashmir Blue, Fruit Salad, and Affair split by 90° on the color wheel. #976f4c 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. Chocolate Milk tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#4b7497) and two others. The Fruit Salad is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cannon Pink – 120° from the complementary Kashmir Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4b976f and #974b74.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #976f4c is made of 45% red, 33% green and 22% blue. In a HSL mode Chocolate Milk has a hue angle of 28°, a saturation of 33.04% and a lightness of 44.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #976f4c is made of 0% cyan, 15.69% magenta, 29.42% yellow and 40.78% black ink.

HEX #976f4c
RGB Decimal rgb(151,111,76)
RGB Percentage 45%, 33%, 22%
CMYK 0, 15.69, 29.42, 40.78
HSL hsl(28,33.04%,44.51%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(28,49.67%,59.22%)
CIE-LAB lab(50.0613,11.4112,25.6262)
XYZ xyz(19.7514,18.47,9.3615)
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