All About Color #BC400B

#BC400B

About #BC400B

#BC400B is a dark orange color with the hex code #BC400B. In RGB it is red 188, green 64, blue 11; in HSL it is hue 18°, saturation 89%, lightness 39%; in CMYK it is 0%, 66%, 94%, 26%. Its contrast ratio is 5.42:1 on white and 3.88:1 on black.

#BC400B Color Conversion

Hex tripletBC, 40, 0B
CMYK0.00%, 65.96%, 94.15%, 26.27%
RGB Decimal188, 64, 11
HSL18°, 89%, 39%
RGB Octal274, 100, 13
HSV (HSB)17.97°, 94.15%, 73.73%
RGB Binary10111100, 1000000, 1011
CIE-L*AB44.78, 47.94, 52.91
RGB Percent73.73%, 25.10%, 4.31%
CIE-L*CH44.78, 71.40, 47.82
XYZ22.63, 14.38, 1.90
CIE-L*UV44.78, 100.76, 36.11
xyY0.58, 0.37, 14.38
Hunter-Lab37.92, 40.16, 23.58
RYB73.73%, 33.98%, 4.31%

Color Accessibility Scores

#BC400B on a dark background: contrast 3.88:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#BC400B on a light background: contrast 5.42:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #BC400B, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#BC400B · #F36A30 · #652206 · #0B87BC · #30B8F3

Analogous palette

#BC0B87 · #BC0B2E · #BC400B · #BC990B · #87BC0B

Triadic palette

#BC400B · #0BBC40 · #400BBC · #F36A30 · #30F36A

Tetradic palette

#BC400B · #2EBC0B · #0B87BC · #990BBC · #652206

Monochromatic palette

#2B0F03 · #742707 · #BC400B · #F26021 · #F6946A

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