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Recognised as Colour

#BC3B00

  • #BC3B00
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Chocolate

#BC3B00 is a orange with RGB values 188, 59, 0 and HSL 19°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Chocolate.

Colour values

#BC3B00#BC3B00
HEX#BC3B00
RGBrgb(188, 59, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.2314, 0
RGB percentages73.7%, 23.1%, 0%
HSLhsl(18.8, 100%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(18.8, 100%, 73.7%)
CMYK0%, 68.6%, 100%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,335,872
CSS custom property--colour: #BC3B00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13819WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.58:1
Contrast with white5.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#43C4FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#625600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#827300no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D00433no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.76:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Chocolate · ΔE 17.6Firebrick · ΔE 19.5Dark red · ΔE 21.4Tomato · ΔE 21.9Coral · ΔE 25.1Maroon · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourChocolate (#D2691E)ΔE 17.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0081BC
Analogous#BC0023, #BC9900
Triadic#00BC3B, #3B00BC
Split complementary#00BC99, #0023BC
Tetradic#23BC00, #0081BC, #9900BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFAE89
Lighter +30%#FF8B56
Lighter +20%#FF6823
Lighter +10%#EF4B00
Darker −10%#892B00
Darker −20%#561B00
Darker −30%#230B00
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#BC3B00
Less saturated −25%#A54418

Channel breakdown

R188
G59
B0
Red188 (73.7%)
Green59 (23.1%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue18.83°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BC · G 3B · B 00

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