Information about #BE5C3C color

#BE5C3C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BE5C3C falls into the Red Color FamilyModerate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(190, 92, 60) — 74.5% red, 36.1% green, 23.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 38 / 51 / 25. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #BE5C3C reads as a clearly saturated warm 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 Smoke Tree (#BB5F34). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Oh Behave (#BE523F) and Redbud (#B85439).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(190, 92, 60)), which gives #BE5C3C its character. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BE5C3C: 4.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.4:1 for white. #BE5C3C has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#BE5C3C color variations

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#BE5C3C 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

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

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

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

Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme

Square

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

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #BE5C3C

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

Smoke Tree color link
Smoke Tree

#BB5F34

Oh Behave color link
Oh Behave

#BE523F

Redbud color link
Redbud

#B85439

Flame Pea color link
Flame Pea

#BE5C48

Ecstasy color link
Ecstasy

#C96138

Evermore color link
Evermore

#BE6A3F

Fireball color link
Fireball

#CC5C39

Catalyst color link
Catalyst

#C85241

Brown Rust color link
Brown Rust

#AF593E

Terracotta color link
Terracotta

#CA6641

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BE5C3C
  • RGB190, 92, 60
  • CMYK0, 38, 51, 25
  • CSSrgb(190, 92, 60)
  • HSL15°, 52%, 49%
  • HSL Precise14.769°, 52%, 49.02%
  • HSV15°, 68%, 75%
  • HSB15°, 68%, 75%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.745
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.361
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.235
  • GLSLvec3(0.745, 0.361, 0.235)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.745, 0.361, 0.235, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.745, 0.361, 0.235)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB74.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB36.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB23.5%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDBE5C3C
  • DECIMAL ID12475452
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01