Pratt & Lambert Cocoa#5C4435 · LRV 7
Why this color. Deep warm chocolate brown; P&L's recurring built-in color.
Cocoa reads as a red-orange / warm — very dark — reads black in most rooms. The notes below cover the spec, what Pratt & Lambert 23-11 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Color spec
| Brand | Pratt & Lambert |
| Name | Cocoa |
| SKU | 23-11 |
| Hex | #5C4435 |
| RGB | 92, 68, 53 |
| HSL | 23°, 27%, 28% |
| LRV | 7 |
| Undertone | red-orange / warm |
| Family | Brown |
Kompozit alternative
The closest hex in the Kompozit deck, ranked by ΔE2000 (perceptual color difference). ΔE under 2 is indistinguishable to most eyes; under 5 is a very close visual match.
Closest matches at every US brand
10 brands · top 5 each5 closest matches per brand by ΔE2000, computed against each brand's full deck. Tap any swatch for its full single-color spec; tap the brand title to browse all brown from that brand.
Backdrop
Benjamin Moore
Valspar
Behr
Sherwin-Williams
Dunn-Edwards
PPG / Glidden
Magnolia Home
Farrow & Ball
Clare
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #5C4435 in HSL space. Pair Cocoa with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
Accessibility (WCAG contrast)
WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.