Information about #BB5C3E color

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Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #BB5C3E is classified in the Register under the Red Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(187, 92, 62) — 73.3% red, 36.1% green, 24.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 37 / 49 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A clearly saturated warm red, #BB5C3E carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Redbud (#B85439). Slightly further away sit Spicy Red Brown (#B35C44) and Smoke Tree (#BB5F34).

The recipe behind #BB5C3E is rgb(187, 92, 62), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 4.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BB5C3E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#BB5C3E color variations

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

#BB5C3E color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#BB5C3E color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#BB5C3E color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#BB5C3E 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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#BB5C3E 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 #BB5C3E

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

Redbud color link
Redbud

#B85439

Spicy Red Brown color link
Spicy Red Brown

#B35C44

Smoke Tree color link
Smoke Tree

#BB5F34

Flame Pea color link
Flame Pea

#BE5C48

Oh Behave color link
Oh Behave

#BE523F

Brown Rust color link
Brown Rust

#AF593E

Clockwork Orange color link
Clockwork Orange

#BF6031

Evermore color link
Evermore

#BE6A3F

Rhapsody color link
Rhapsody

#AD603C

Ecstasy color link
Ecstasy

#C96138

Catalyst color link
Catalyst

#C85241

Sunset color link
Sunset

#C0514A

#BB5C3E color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BB5C3E
  • RGB187, 92, 62
  • CMYK0, 37, 49, 27
  • CSSrgb(187, 92, 62)
  • HSL14°, 50%, 49%
  • HSL Precise14.4°, 50.201%, 48.824%
  • HSV14°, 67%, 73%
  • HSB14°, 67%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.361
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.243
  • GLSLvec3(0.733, 0.361, 0.243)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.733, 0.361, 0.243, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.733, 0.361, 0.243)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB36.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB24.3%
  • Color Family (Hue)Red
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDBB5C3E
  • DECIMAL ID12278846
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • This page visited6 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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