Information about #BC6252 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #BC6252 reads as a confidently colored earthy red and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Earth Red (#BF5B53). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Electric Brown (#B56257) and Clay (#B66A50).
In RGB terms — rgb(188, 98, 82) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BC6252: 5.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.2:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BC6252 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#BC6252 color variations
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#BC6252 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#BC6252 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#BC6252 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#BC6252 color hues
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#BC6252 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 #BC6252 color
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Nearest named colors to #BC6252
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#BF5B53
#B56257
#B66A50
#C76155
#B95754
#BE5C48
#C26A5A
#BF6C4A
#BD6C48
#BD5F60
#C45655
#B16D52
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#BC6252
- RGB188, 98, 82
- CMYK0, 35, 42, 26
- CSSrgb(188, 98, 82)
- HSL9°, 44%, 53%
- HSL Precise9.057°, 44.167%, 52.941%
- HSV9°, 56%, 74%
- HSB9°, 56%, 74%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.737
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.384
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.322
- GLSLvec3(0.737, 0.384, 0.322)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.737, 0.384, 0.322, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.737, 0.384, 0.322)
- Percentage of Red in RGB73.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB38.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB32.2%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDBC6252
- DECIMAL ID12345938
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
