HEX Color #BD163A (Crimson)

About #BD163A

When working with digital screens, the color #BD163A is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Crimson. Its digital footprint relies on 189 parts red, 22 parts green, and 58 parts blue light.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 88% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 347.1 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Always test your color combinations using a contrast checker before publishing.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#BD163A

RGB189, 22, 58

HSL347.1°, 79.1%, 41.4%

CMYK0%, 88%, 69%, 26%

HSV347.1°, 88.4%, 74.1%

LAB40.7, 62.6, 25.7

XYZ22.0, 11.7, 5.1

Decimal12391994

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#BD163A #16BD98

Analogous

#BD168D #BD4516

Triadic

#3ABD16 #163ABD

Tetradic

#8DBD16 #16BD98 #4516BD

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#BD163A

#C42F4F

#CB4965

#D3637B

#DA7D91

#E197A7

#E9B1BD

#F0CBD3

#F7E5E9

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#BD163A

#A81333

#93112D

#7E0E26

#690C20

#540919

#3F0713

#2A040C

#150206

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

6.29:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA

3.34:1

Text on #000000

AA Large

6.01:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA

2.84:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #BD163A; }

.text-color { color: #BD163A; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #BD163A; }

Similar Colors

Crimson

#DC143C