Palettes / Colors / #BC2F52

#BC2F52 — Red

#BC2F52 is a red color we call Red, closest to the named color Brown (#A52A2A). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: brown (#A52A2A) — not an exact match. CSS brown gives you #A52A2A, a different color; use #BC2F52 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BC2F52 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 #2FBC98; it also sits naturally between #BC2F98 and #BC522F. 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 18% · Blue 32%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 75% · Yellow 56% · Key 26%

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

Previews

CSS code for #BC2F52

.text { color: #BC2F52; }
.background { background-color: #BC2F52; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BC2F52; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 47, 82); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(345, 60%, 46%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BC2F52; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 47, 82, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BC2F52; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 47, 82, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BC2F52">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BC2F52">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #2FBC98:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BC2F52: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BC2F52

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #BC2F52 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 #BC2F52 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

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #BC2F52?

#BC2F52 is Red, a red color (RGB 188, 47, 82). Its closest standard named color is Brown.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BC2F52?

#BC2F52 is RGB 188, 47, 82 — HSL 345°, 60%, 46% — CMYK 0%, 75%, 56%, 26%.

What colors go with #BC2F52?

Its complement is #2FBC98; analogous partners are #BC2F98 and #BC522F. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BC2F52 for text?

White text on #BC2F52 has a contrast ratio of 5.73:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.67:1.