Cappuccino #704A3A

Cappuccino (#704A3A) is a dark, muted red with an OKLCH hue of 44°, lightness 0.45 and chroma 0.058. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.

Color values

HEX#704A3A
RGBrgb(112, 74, 58)
HSLhsl(18, 32%, 33%)
HSVhsv(18, 48%, 44%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 34%, 48%, 56%)
CIE Lablab(35.3 14.1 16.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.448 0.058 44)

How Cappuccino behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Cappuccino is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.9), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Cappuccino in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 7.69:1 and against black 2.73:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.

Colors that go with Cappuccino

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#d1b1a4 · #ac8a7c · #896455 · #704a3a · #412214 · #1f0600

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#8b724f · #825c3d · #704a3a · #64352f · #50262c · #3b1827

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#b5ae90 · #9c8e58 · #777158 · #704a3a · #552e1d · #381606

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#84c5de · #a98e82 · #807069 · #704a3a · #4a3026 · #271812

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#ebf3f7 · #b6aba6 · #696f71 · #704a3a · #453a35 · #000102

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#ffeee7 · #ddc8c0 · #704a3a · #492e23 · #270d03 · #ef753b

Gold Accent

The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.

#ffeee7 · #ddc8c0 · #704a3a · #492e23 · #270d03 · #d8c64e

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#e3f6fd · #84b6ca · #36778e · #704a3a · #074355 · #0c0100

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#e3f6fd · #80bab8 · #4f7099 · #704a3a · #004646 · #000107

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#e5f7ee · #8bbaa3 · #686898 · #704a3a · #38385d · #000301

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#ecf5e6 · #9eb690 · #36778e · #704a3a · #483254 · #000408

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#876455 · #9E7F71 · #B69A8F · #CEB7AD · #E7D4CC

Shades

#5F3D2E · #4E3023 · #3E2318 · #2E180E · #1F0C05

Muted

#6B4D40 · #654F46 · #5F514B

Using Cappuccino

Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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