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| Name: | Cocoa Powder |
| Brand: | Dulux |
What color is Dulux Cocoa Powder?
Dulux Cocoa Powder is a muted mid-tone brown-grey with a softly warm, slightly dusty cast. Its low saturation keeps it grounded and understated, reading more like a softened neutral than a pronounced brown. In daylight, the subtle warmth is easier to notice, while dimmer rooms may bring out its greyed, shadowy side. It suits living-room walls, bedrooms, and painted woodwork where a deeper neutral is wanted without a stark contrast. Pair Cocoa Powder with creamy off-whites, weathered oak, charcoal details, and brushed brass for a layered, natural-looking scheme.
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What are Dulux Cocoa Powder undertones?
Cocoa Powder is a midtone, very muted earthy brown. The HEX sample has a subtle red bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear red. Warm bulbs can make it look creamier or more golden, while cool daylight may mute that warmth and pull it closer to beige or greige.
HEX value:
RGB code:
133, 120, 115
Is Dulux Cocoa Powder cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 17°, this brown leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.
Cocoa Powder HSL code: 17, 7%, 49%
Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.
How light temperature affects Cocoa Powder
Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.
In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:
| Direction of sunlight | Visible temp. | Hue | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| North | Cool | Bluish | All day |
| East | Warm | Yellow | Before noon |
| West | Warm | Orange-red | After noon |
| South | Warm | Orange-yellow | All day |
Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this brown shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux Cocoa Powder:
Monochromatic color scheme
This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.
Lighter shades
Cocoa Powder
Darker shades
Cocoa Powder
Complementary color scheme
This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Cocoa Powder with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 197, such as Dulux Misty Morning and Denim Drift.
Color codes
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| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #857873 |
| RGB Decimal | 133, 120, 115 |
| RGB Percent | 52.16%, 47.06%, 45.10% |
| HSV | Hue: 17° Saturation: 13.53% Value: 52.16% |
| HSL | hsl(17, 7, 49) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 9.77 Yellow: 13.53 Key: 47.84 |
| YIQ | Y: 123.317 I: 9.353 Q: 1.194 |
| XYZ | X: 19.483 Y: 19.658 Z: 18.983 |
| CIE Lab | L:51.448 a:4.088 b:4.561 |
| CIE Luv | L:51.448 u:8.063 v:5.453 |
| Decimal | 8747123 |
| Hunter Lab | 44.337, 0.85, 5.651 |
Color equivalents
L487
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RAL 7048
Pearl mouse grey
RAL Classic
24YY 22/043
Warm Grey
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30RR 22/031
Wistful Mauve
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Cinder Block
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80YR 21/118
Velvet Truffle 3
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60YR 20/117
Exotic Spice 3
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Warm Graphite
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Intense Truffle
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276
Mole's Breath
Farrow and Ball
321
Baluster
Little Greene
244
London Clay
Farrow and Ball
94YR 17/076
Vintage Coins
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V467
Bastion
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315
Nether Red
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10RR 24/061
Mercury Shower 2
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28GG 22/002
Lead Grey
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