Description and conversion results of color Black Chocolate

It is a very dark grayish orange color having an approximate luminance of 8%. It has a hue value of 42° indicating that this is a warm color.

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Smoky Black, Eerie Black, Black, Rich Black (FOGRA39), Raisin Black, Dark Jungle Green, Charleston Green, Pine Tree, Eigengrau and Rich Black (FOGRA29). A little below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.

Conversion results

The following list contains the conversion results of color Black Chocolate to RGB, hexadecimal, HSL, HSV, Lab and XYZ colorspaces: each format represents the same color.

rgb(27, 24, 17)
#1b1811
hsl(42, 22.7%, 8.6%)
hsv(42, 37%, 10.6%)
lab(8.4, 0, 4.9)
xyz(0.9, 0.9, 0.7)

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Similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors

The most important note: in real life paints might have a different shade compared to as they appear on your display. You shall always consult and double-check colors with a professional paint provider before you order.

The following list contains the nearest matching standard colors. The left hexagon is the reference, the right one is the matched color. For each color there is a link to our partner MyPerfectColor.com, where you can buy paints of the corresponding colors.

Pantone Black 7 C
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Pantone 419 C
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Pantone Black 3 C
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RAL 8022
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RAL 9005
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RAL 790-M
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Sherwin-Williams 6258
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Sherwin-Williams 6990
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Sherwin-Williams 6991
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Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to it respectively. The process results a harmonic color scale.

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Tints

These are the color variants which are generated by adding white color to the base Black Chocolate color. This process results a scale from a very dark grayish orange color to white. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.

This color scale contains similar colors to Black Olive, Davy's Grey, Dark Lava, Taupe, Sonic Silver, Nickel, Gray (Web), Dim Gray, Quick Silver, Silver Chalice, Silver (Metallic), Spanish Gray, Light Gray, Gainsboro, Timberwolf and Platinum.

Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base Black Chocolate color. This process results a scale from a very dark grayish orange color to black. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.

This color scale contains similar colors to Smoky Black, Eerie Black, Black and Rich Black (FOGRA39).

Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base Black Chocolate color. This process results a scale from a very dark grayish orange color to gray. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.

This color scale contains similar colors to Eerie Black, Smoky Black, Black and Rich Black (FOGRA39).

Color schemes and palettes

Color schemes represent a set of colors creating a harmonic and aesthetic feeling. Color schemes are generated by choosing colors around the color wheel.

We can talk about monochromatic, complementary, triadic and tetradic color schemes, choosing one, two, three or four colors around the color wheel respectively. In the following tables these color schemes are present.

Monochromatic

The monochromatic scale is generated by choosing colors on the color wheel near to the base color. As the colors of the monochromatic scale are close to each other, they create a harmonic feeling.

This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of red, orange, yellow, green and gray colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Dark Liver, Taupe, Black Shadows, Silver Pink, Dark Lava, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Black Olive, Onyx, Rifle Green and Ash Gray.

Complementary

The complementary scale is generated by choosing the color on the opposite side on the color wheel relative to the base color. This results in slight vibrating tension between the complementary colors.

This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of orange, gray and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Black Olive, Jet, Middle Grey, Old Silver, Timberwolf, Bone, Onyx, Gunmetal, Roman Silver, Gray (Web), Light Gray and Gainsboro.

Triadic

The triadic scale is generated by choosing two colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combines the slight vibrating tension and the harmonic feeling between the triadic colors.

This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of orange, gray, magenta and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Black Olive, Taupe, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Dark Liver, Black Coffee, Black Shadows, Silver (Metallic), Charcoal and Outer Space (Crayola).

Tetradic

The tetradic scale is generated by choosing three colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combination covers the whole color wheel containing both the complementary and harmonic colors of the base color.

This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of orange, cyan, green, azure and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Black Olive, Taupe, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Outer Space (Crayola), Ash Gray, Charcoal, Onyx, Silver (Metallic), Dark Liver, Black Coffee, Black Shadows and Silver Pink.

If you want to have a more detailed control of the colors in the schemes, have a look at the Spektran application too!

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