Information about #BD050E color

#BD050E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BD050E falls into the Red Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(189, 5, 14) — 74.1% red, 2% green, 5.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 72 / 69 / 26. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #BD050E reads as a pure, full-strength earthy red and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Venetian Red (#C80815). Slightly further away sit Goomba (#BC0500) and UE Red (#BA0001).

The recipe behind #BD050E is rgb(189, 5, 14), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 6.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BD050E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#BD050E color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BD050E color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #BD050E

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Venetian Red color link
Venetian Red

#C80815

Goomba color link
Goomba

#BC0500

UE Red color link
UE Red

#BA0001

Verizon Red color link
Verizon Red

#CD040B

Youtube Red color link
Youtube Red

#B2071D

Monza color link
Monza

#C7031E

Naga Red color link
Naga Red

#AB0707

Angels Red color link
Angels Red

#BA0021

Poppy color link
Poppy

#AC0019

Darkish Red color link
Darkish Red

#A90308

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BD050E
  • RGB189, 5, 14
  • CMYK0, 72, 69, 26
  • CSSrgb(189, 5, 14)
  • HSL357°, 95%, 38%
  • HSL Precise357.065°, 94.845%, 38.039%
  • HSV357°, 97%, 74%
  • HSB357°, 97%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.741
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.020
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.055
  • GLSLvec3(0.741, 0.020, 0.055)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.741, 0.020, 0.055, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.741, 0.020, 0.055)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB74.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB5.5%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDBD050E
  • DECIMAL ID12387598
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01