Information about #BC230F color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #BC230F reads as a pure, full-strength warm red and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Chilli Pepper (#C11B17). Slightly further away sit Vintage Red (#AF2413) and Tomato Sauce (#B21807).
The recipe behind #BC230F is rgb(188, 35, 15), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 6.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.4:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BC230F is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#BC230F color variations
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#BC230F color tints
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#BC230F color shades
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#BC230F color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#BC230F color hues
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#BC230F color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #BC230F color
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Nearest named colors to #BC230F
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#C11B17
#AF2413
#B21807
#B31B1B
#B62020
#BC161C
#BD3000
#B11D20
#AA2704
#B22222
#CC1410
#A81C07
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#BC230F
- RGB188, 35, 15
- CMYK0, 60, 68, 26
- CSSrgb(188, 35, 15)
- HSL7°, 85%, 40%
- HSL Precise6.936°, 85.222%, 39.804%
- HSV7°, 92%, 74%
- HSB7°, 92%, 74%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.737
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.137
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.059
- GLSLvec3(0.737, 0.137, 0.059)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.737, 0.137, 0.059, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.737, 0.137, 0.059)
- Percentage of Red in RGB73.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB13.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB5.9%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX IDBC230F
- DECIMAL ID12329743
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers18 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
