#BD080D

sRGB: 189 / 8 / 13

Ancient mountains command forgotten kingdoms
Silent memories echo between distant mountains
Lost whispers shatter the chains of fate

#BD080D belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 189 red, 8 green and 13 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 358.3° lands in the red region. Its 91.9% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 38.6% 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 (6.55:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 189, 8, 13
HSL: 358.34°, 91.88%, 38.63%
HSV / HSB: 358.34°, 95.77%, 74.12%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 95.77%, 93.12%, 25.88%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 21.145, 11.024, 1.395
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 39.620, 63.227, 49.099
WCAG relative luminance: 0.11022
24-bit decimal: 12388365

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 #BD080D 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: 3.20:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text: 6.55:1

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.

Reference: 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

#08BDB8 sits half a turn (180°) from #BD080D 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.

#BD080D #08BDB8

Analogous

#BD0867 and #BD5E08 sit 30° to either side of #BD080D. 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.

#BD0867 #BD080D #BD5E08

Triadic

#BD080D, #0DBD08 and #080DBD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BD080D #0DBD08 #080DBD

Split complementary

Start at #BD080D and look across the wheel. #08BD5E and #0867BD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BD080D #08BD5E #0867BD

Square

Starting with #BD080D, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #67BD08, #08BDB8, then #5E08BD. Across the square, #BD080D pairs with #08BDB8, and #67BD08 with #5E08BD.

#BD080D #67BD08 #08BDB8 #5E08BD

Tetradic

#BD080D and #08BDB8 are opposites, as are #BDB808 and #080DBD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BD080D #BDB808 #08BDB8 #080DBD

Tints

Mixing #BD080D with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CA393D, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2CECF, the mixture is 80% white.

#BD080D #CA393D #D76B6E #E59C9E #F2CECF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BD080D with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #97060A, keeps 80% of the original. By #260203, the mixture is 80% black.

#BD080D #97060A #710508 #4C0305 #260203 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BD080D with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B12024, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C6869, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BD080D #B12024 #A5383B #985052 #8C6869 #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

#BD080D

RGB

rgb(189 8 13)

HSL

hsl(358.343 91.878% 38.627%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BD080D;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BD080D uses 189 red, 8 green and 13 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.1%

Green 3.1%

Blue 5.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BD080D is 0.0% cyan, 95.8% magenta, 93.1% yellow and 25.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 95.8%

Yellow 93.1%

Black 25.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB0011. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B01 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BD080D when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC0000, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BB0011 Nearest web-safe: #CC0000

Gradient to complement

#BD080D #9F262A #814446 #636363 #44817F #269F9C #08BDB8

Color vision previews

Compare how #BD080D 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.

#504607

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.

#786A00

Tritanopia

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

#D10010

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.

#853F01

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.

#905700

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#BE0014

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#5D5D5D

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.

#974344

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

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 0.00243 B 0.00402

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 0.67922 G 0.14839 B 0.11513

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.41897 G 0.01924 B 0.01253

CIE xyY

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

x 0.630 y 0.328 Y 11.024

CMY

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

C % 25.882 M % 96.863 Y % 94.902

Binary RGB

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

10111101 00001000 00001101