Burgundy (color)
| Burgundy | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #800020 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (128, 0, 32) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (345°, 100%, 50%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (26, 79, 7°) |
| Source | Maerz and Paul |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Purplish red (pR) |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Burgundy is a purplish dark red color.
The color burgundy takes its name from the Burgundy wine in France. When referring to the color, "burgundy" is not usually capitalized.
Terms describing interchangeable shades, with overlapping RGB ranges, include claret, mulberry, deep crimson, and maroon.
The color burgundy is also similar to Bordeaux (Web color code #4C1C24), Merlot (#73343A), Berry (#A01641), and Redberry (#701f28). Burgundy is made of 50% red, 0% green, and 13% blue. The CMYK percentages are 0% cyan, 100% magenta, 75% yellow, 50% black.
The first recorded use of "burgundy" as a color name in English was in 1881.