#BD00A2

sRGB · 189 / 0 / 162

#BD00A2 belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 189 red, 0 green and 162 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 308.6° lands in the magenta region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 37.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.70:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 189, 0, 162
HSL: 308.57°, 100.00%, 37.06%
HSV / HSB: 308.57°, 100.00%, 74.12%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 100.00%, 14.29%, 25.88%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 27.507, 13.429, 35.327
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 43.403, 74.682, -35.001
WCAG relative luminance: 0.13427
24-bit decimal: 12386466

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BD00A2 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 3.69:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text · 5.70:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#00BD1B sits half a turn (180°) from #BD00A2 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BD00A2 #00BD1B

Analogous

#7900BD and #BD0044 sit 30° to either side of #BD00A2. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#7900BD #BD00A2 #BD0044

Triadic

#BD00A2, #A2BD00 and #00A2BD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BD00A2 #A2BD00 #00A2BD

Split complementary

Start at #BD00A2 and look across the wheel. #44BD00 and #00BD7A sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BD00A2 #44BD00 #00BD7A

Square

Starting with #BD00A2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BD7900, #00BD1B, then #0044BD. Across the square, #BD00A2 pairs with #00BD1B, and #BD7900 with #0044BD.

#BD00A2 #BD7900 #00BD1B #0044BD

Tetradic

#BD00A2 and #00BD1B are opposites, as are #BD1B00 and #00A2BD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BD00A2 #BD1B00 #00BD1B #00A2BD

Tints

Mixing #BD00A2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CA33B5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2CCEC, the mixture is 80% white.

#BD00A2 #CA33B5 #D766C7 #E599DA #F2CCEC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BD00A2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #970082, keeps 80% of the original. By #260020, the mixture is 80% black.

#BD00A2 #970082 #710061 #4C0041 #260020 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BD00A2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B11A9B, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C6687, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BD00A2 #B11A9B #A53394 #984D8E #8C6687 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BD00A2

RGB

rgb(189 0 162)

HSL

hsl(308.571 100.000% 37.059%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BD00A2;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BD00A2 uses 189 red, 0 green and 162 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.1%

Green 0.0%

Blue 63.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BD00A2 is 0.0% cyan, 100.0% magenta, 14.3% yellow and 25.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 100.0%

Yellow 14.3%

Black 25.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB00AA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B0A in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BD00A2 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC0099, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #BB00AA Nearest web-safe · #CC0099

Gradient to complement

#BD00A2 #9E208C #7E3F75 #5F5F5F #3F7E48 #209E32 #00BD1B

Color vision previews

Compare how #BD00A2 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#0B56A5

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#5B6F9E

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#C71F5E

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#774AA3

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#825BA0

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BC208E

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#676767

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#9A4988

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.50888 G 0.00000 B 0.36131

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.67891 G 0.13766 B 0.61611

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.41854 G 0.01689 B 0.33767

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.361 y 0.176 Y 13.429

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 25.882 M % 100.000 Y % 36.471

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111101 00000000 10100010