Information about #BC5C49 color

#BC5C49 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BC5C49 falls into the Red Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(188, 92, 73) — 73.7% red, 36.1% green, 28.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 38 / 45 / 26. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#BC5C49 is a confidently colored earthy red that feels open and friendly. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Flame Pea (#BE5C48). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Spicy Red Brown (#B35C44) and Earth Red (#BF5B53).

In RGB terms — rgb(188, 92, 73) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BC5C49: 4.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.4:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BC5C49 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#BC5C49 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BC5C49 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#BC5C49 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#BC5C49 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#BC5C49 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#BC5C49 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.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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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.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #BC5C49

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Flame Pea color link
Flame Pea

#BE5C48

Spicy Red Brown color link
Spicy Red Brown

#B35C44

Earth Red color link
Earth Red

#BF5B53

Sunset color link
Sunset

#C0514A

Long Spring color link
Long Spring

#B95754

Cedar Chest color link
Cedar Chest

#C95A49

Oh Behave color link
Oh Behave

#BE523F

Deep Chestnut color link
Deep Chestnut

#B94E48

Bittersweet Shimmer color link
Bittersweet Shimmer

#BF4F51

Fuzzy Wuzzy Brown color link
Fuzzy Wuzzy Brown

#C45655

Adobe color link
Adobe

#BD6C48

Sunburnt Salmon color link
Sunburnt Salmon

#BF6C4A

#BC5C49 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BC5C49
  • RGB188, 92, 73
  • CMYK0, 38, 45, 26
  • CSSrgb(188, 92, 73)
  • HSL10°, 46%, 51%
  • HSL Precise9.913°, 46.185%, 51.176%
  • HSV10°, 61%, 74%
  • HSB10°, 61%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.361
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.286
  • GLSLvec3(0.737, 0.361, 0.286)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.737, 0.361, 0.286, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.737, 0.361, 0.286)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB36.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB28.6%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDBC5C49
  • DECIMAL ID12344393
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers23 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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