Palettes / Colors / #BC0101

#BC0101 — Vivid Red

#BC0101 is a red color we call Vivid Red, closest to the named color FireBrick (#B22222). It belongs to the red family.

#BC0101 is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #01BCBC; it also sits naturally between #BC015E and #BC5E01. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 0% · Blue 0%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 99% · Yellow 99% · Key 26%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #BC0101

.text { color: #BC0101; }
.background { background-color: #BC0101; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BC0101; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 1, 1); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(0, 99%, 37%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BC0101; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 1, 1, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BC0101; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 1, 1, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BC0101">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BC0101">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BC0101

Tints of #BC0101

Tones of #BC0101

Color harmonies

Complementary — #01BCBC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BC0101: #FFFFFF.

How #BC0101 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BC0101 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BC0100  ·  #BC0102 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BC0101?

#BC0101 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 188, 1, 1). Its closest standard named color is FireBrick.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BC0101?

#BC0101 is RGB 188, 1, 1 — HSL 0°, 99%, 37% — CMYK 0%, 99%, 99%, 26%.

What colors go with #BC0101?

Its complement is #01BCBC; analogous partners are #BC015E and #BC5E01. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BC0101 for text?

White text on #BC0101 has a contrast ratio of 6.68:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.14:1.