Bitter Chocolate Color

#9e5b40

Bitter Chocolate is calm, 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 #61a4bf
Complementary Color #40839e
Color Shade: warm red (17.23° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 43.53% (better contrasting with white)
Bitter Chocolate Color Sample
Bitter Chocolate Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9e5b40

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Bitter Chocolate Color. The Pottery Clay 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 saturated alternative called Ginger Dough (#b06d3b) for more energetic effect. Try Walnut Wood as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#40839e is the best complementary color to Bitter Chocolate. 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 #9e5b40 complementary color is Steel 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 Sepia Skin are #9e4053 and #9e8a40. Thus found on the left and right of #9e5b40 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Vin Rouge and Sycamore colors as they work well with Bitter Chocolate.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Bitter Chocolate palette consists of #40539e and #409e8a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#40839e). Try Chambray and Ocean Green colors in combination with #9e5b40, 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 #9e5b40 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 Bitter Chocolate. Thus Gigas and Chateau Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Bitter Chocolate contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Steel Blue, Apple, and Vivid Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #9e5b40 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. Bitter Chocolate tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#40839e) and two others. The Chateau Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Rouge – 120° from the complementary Steel Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #409e5b and #9e4083.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9e5b40 is made of 50% red, 29% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Bitter Chocolate has a hue angle of 17.23°, a saturation of 42.34% and a lightness of 43.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9e5b40 is made of 0% cyan, 26.27% magenta, 36.86% yellow and 38.04% black ink.

HEX #9e5b40
RGB Decimal rgb(158,91,64)
RGB Percentage 50%, 29%, 20%
CMYK 0, 26.27, 36.86, 38.04
HSL hsl(17.23,42.34%,43.53%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(17.23,59.49%,61.96%)
CIE-LAB lab(45.8001,24.7742,27.2795)
XYZ xyz(18.7671,15.1214,6.7801)
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