What is the hex code for burgundy?

Burgundy is #800020. In RGB that is 128, 0, 32, and in HSL it is 345 degrees, 100 percent saturation, 25 percent lightness.

What is the CMYK value of burgundy?

#800020 converts to CMYK 0, 100, 75, 50. CMYK is a print space, so a screen can only ever approximate how it will actually be inked.

Is burgundy a standard color?

No. There is no standards body defining burgundy, so different sources give slightly different values. #800020 is the value in common use, and it is what every code and swatch on this page is built from.

Burgundy

#800020

Burgundy is commonly given as the hex color #800020, with RGB values 128, 0, 32. It is not a CSS keyword, so the value is a widely used convention rather than a standard.

RedCommon convention

Quick colors, then fill the screen

Or a gradient

Or let it move

#800020rgb(128, 0, 32) · hsl(345, 100%, 25%)

Hue345°

Brightness100%

Burgundy color codes

Every value for #800020, ready to paste. Click any code to copy it.

Channel values for #800020 in each number base
Channel	Decimal	Share	Hex	Octal	Binary
Red	128	50.2%	80	200	10000000
Green	0	0%	00	0	00000000
Blue	32	12.55%	20	40	00100000

The nearest web-safe color is #990033, from the 216-color palette browsers agreed on before displays could be trusted with more.

About burgundy

Named for the wine, and darker and browner than most people expect until they see it beside crimson. It reads as formal and slightly old-fashioned, which is exactly why it never goes away.

Shades, tints and tones

Every step is generated from #800020. Click a swatch to copy its hex.

Shades of burgundy

A shade is the base color with black mixed in. Shades read as deeper and more dramatic, and they are what you reach for when a color needs to recede or carry weight.

Tints of burgundy

A tint is the base color with white mixed in. Tints turn pastel as they lighten, which makes them useful for backgrounds and for anything that has to sit behind text.

Tones of burgundy

A tone is the base color with grey mixed in. Tones lose the shout without losing the hue, and they are usually what separates a considered palette from a loud one.

The burgundy scale

The same color as the 50 to 950 ladder every CSS framework uses, with #800020 at 500. Click a step to copy its hex, or take the whole scale as variables for a design system.

Color schemes built on burgundy

Harmonies are positions on the color wheel rather than matters of taste, which is why they keep working across very different designs.

Complementary

Two colors from opposite sides of the wheel. They make each other look more vivid, which is why the pairing is used for anything that needs to stand out.

Analogous

Three neighbours on the wheel. Nothing competes, so the result reads calm and settled, closer to how colour behaves in nature.

Split complementary

The base plus the two colors either side of its complement. It keeps most of the contrast while being much easier to balance.

Triadic

Three colors spaced evenly around the wheel. Strong and lively, and usually best with one dominant color and two accents.

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs, forming a rectangle on the wheel. The richest scheme available, and the hardest to keep from shouting.

Monochromatic

One hue at different lightness levels. Effortlessly cohesive, and the safest way to build a palette around a brand color.

Colors close to #800020

Near neighbours, for when this color is almost right. Each one shifts hue, saturation or lightness by a small step.

Burgundy color palettes

Five-color palettes built around #800020, each following a different scheme. Click any swatch to copy it, or open the generator to build your own.

Analogous

Complementary

Triadic

Monochromatic

Open the palette generator to lock the colors you like and regenerate the rest.

Contrast and readability

Whether burgundy works as text, and what to put on top of it when it is the background. Ratios follow WCAG 2.1, where 4.5 is the bar for body text and 3 for large text.

Burgundy text on white background

10.83:1 · Excellent

Large text at 24 pixels

Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.

Body AA
Body AAA
Large AA
Large AAA

Burgundy text on black background

1.94:1 · Poor

Large text at 24 pixels

Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.

Body AA
Body AAA
Large AA
Large AAA

Used the other way round, #800020 as a background takes #FFFFFF text. That is the higher-contrast of the two, and it is what the tool picks automatically for any chrome sitting on your color.

Burgundy reads better on a white background of the two. Contrast is a property of the pair, not of one color, so a color that fails here can still be perfectly usable against a different partner.

The red family

Burgundy sits in the red family. Every named red in the library, with burgundy first.

Name	Hex	RGB	HSL
Burgundy is the color on this page	#800020	128, 0, 32	345, 100%, 25%
Red is a CSS keyword	#FF0000	255, 0, 0	0, 100%, 50%
Crimson is a CSS keyword	#DC143C	220, 20, 60	348, 83%, 47%
Maroon is a CSS keyword	#800000	128, 0, 0	0, 100%, 25%
Salmon is a CSS keyword	#FA8072	250, 128, 114	6, 93%, 71%
Scarlet	#FF2400	255, 36, 0	8, 100%, 50%
Ruby	#E0115F	224, 17, 95	337, 86%, 47%
Cherry	#D2042D	210, 4, 45	348, 96%, 42%
Wine	#722F37	114, 47, 55	353, 42%, 32%
Blush	#DE5D83	222, 93, 131	342, 66%, 62%
Firebrick is a CSS keyword	#B22222	178, 34, 34	0, 68%, 42%
Indian red is a CSS keyword	#CD5C5C	205, 92, 92	0, 53%, 58%