Burgundy (color)

Burgundy is a purplish, dark-red color.^[2][3] The name comes from the Burgundy wine in France. The word "burgundy" is not usually capitalized.^[4]

Hex triplet#800020

sRGB^B (r, g, b)(128, 0, 32)

HSV (h, s, v)(345°, 100%, 50%)

CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)(26, 79, 7°)

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Burgundy
European Union passports are usually burgundy in color (Danish passport shown here)
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[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Purplish red (pR)
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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Terms describing akin shades, with overlapping RGB ranges, include wine red, crimson, maroon and mulberry. 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, and 50% black.^[5][6][7]

The first recorded use of "burgundy" as a color name in English was in 1881.^[8]