What is hex #BC324D color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a highly vibrant and energetic tone. It is perfect for drawing attention to critical elements like call-to-action buttons, highlights, or modern branding.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 74% red, 20% green and 30% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (188,50,77).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 73%, 59%, 26%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #BC324D features a hue of 348°, 73% saturation, and a brightness value of 74%.

Hex #BC324D Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #BC324D
RGB Values (188,50,77)
CMYK Values (0%, 73%, 59%, 26%)
HSV/HSB Values (348°, 73%, 74%)
Closest Web Safe
#CC3366
Inverse Color
#43CDB2
Closest Pantone®
703 C
Closest RAL
RAL 3018 [Strawberry red]
Complementary Color
#32BCA1

#BC324D Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#696969
Lightness (Desaturation)
#777777
Weighted (BT601)
#5E5E5E
Luma (BT709)
#515151

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #BC324D complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #BC324D

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #BC324D.

Contrast Ratio: 5.67:1
AA Pass AAA Fail

Black Text on #BC324D

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #BC324D.

Contrast Ratio: 3.7:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Hex #BC324D Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #BC324D is #32BCA1. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #BC324D you will find #32BCA1. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#BC324D #32BCA1

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #BC324D is composed with colors #BC3292 and #BC5C32. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #BC324D with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#BC3292 #BC324D #BC5C32

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #BC324D is composed with colors #3292BC and #32BC5C. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#BC324D #3292BC #32BC5C

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #BC324D is composed with colors #324DBC and #4DBC32. They are located to the right and left of your main color #BC324D with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#BC324D #324DBC #4DBC32

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #BC324D is composed with colors #4DBC32, #32BCA1 and #A132BC A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#BC324D #4DBC32 #32BCA1 #A132BC

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #BC324D is composed with colors #92BC32, #32BCA1 and #5C32BC To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

#BC324D #92BC32 #32BCA1 #5C32BC

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #BC324D

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #BC324D.

#BC324D #CA3854 #CE4862 #D25870 #D7687E #DB788C #DF8899 #E398A7

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#BC324D #B03D54 #A4495B #995462 #8D6069 #816C70 #777777

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#BC324D #AB2D46 #9B293F #8B2539 #7B2032 #6B1C2C #5B1825 #4B141E

Hex #BC324D in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #BC324D
Java new Color(188,50,77);
Python Color(#BC324D)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 188,50,77);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.74, green: 0.2, blue: 0.3, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(188, 50, 77)