#bc522f

Color #bc522f

A moderately saturated medium red.

Closest named color Sienna #a0522d · ΔE 13.07 Nearest Tailwind class orange-700 #ca3500 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#bc522f

RGB

rgb(188, 82, 47)

HSL

hsl(14.9, 60%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(14.9, 75%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 75%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(48.18, 40.59, 40.6)

LCH

lch(48.18, 57.41, 45.01)

OKLCH

oklch(56.9%, 0.1456, 38.39)

HWB

hwb(14.9, 18.4%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2f99bc

Analogous

#bc2f53

#bc522f

#bc992f

Triadic

#bc522f

#2fbc52

#522fbc

Split-complementary

#bc522f

#2fbc99

#2f53bc

Tetradic

#bc522f

#99bc2f

#2f99bc

#522fbc

Square

#bc522f

#53bc2f

#2f99bc

#992fbc

Shades

Color #bc522f mixed toward black.

#9d4427

#7d371f

#5e2918

#3f1b10

#1f0e08

Tints

Color #bc522f mixed toward white.

#d16a48

#da886c

#e4a691

#edc3b6

#f6e1da

Tones

Color #bc522f mixed toward gray.

#b0583b

#a55e47

#996452

#8d6a5e

#81706a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.39:1

White text reads better on this background (4.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a993a · ΔE 38.3

Deuteranopia

#9fa53c · ΔE 42

Tritanopia

#b84142 · ΔE 10.7

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 25.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #bc522f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc522f]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Sienna #a0522d

Tomato #ff6347

Frequently asked questions

#bc522f (#bc522f) is rgb(188, 82, 47) in RGB.

No, #bc522f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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