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#BC2000

#BC2000 is a dark, vivid red, close to the color Chili. In RGB it’s made of 73.7% red, 12.5% green, and 0% blue. Its hue is 10°, with 100% saturation and 37% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. White text sits best on top of it.

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Contrast & readability

WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

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White text on this color

6.28:1 AA
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Black text on this color

3.34:1 AA Large
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This color as text on white

6.28:1 AA
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This color as text on black

3.34:1 AA Large

How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #BC2000 as they’d see it.

Typical vision#BC2000
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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Questions about #BC2000

What color is #BC2000?

#BC2000 is a dark, vivid red, close to the color Chili. In RGB it’s made of 73.7% red, 12.5% green, and 0% blue. Its hue is 10°, with 100% saturation and 37% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. White text sits best on top of it.

What is #BC2000 in RGB?

#BC2000 is rgb(188, 32, 0): 188 red, 32 green, and 0 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #BC2000 in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(0, 83, 100, 26). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #BC2000?

PANTONE 485 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #BC2000?

Its complement #11697E gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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