Burgundy #900020

Burgundy (#900020) is a dark, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 21°, lightness 0.41 and chroma 0.166. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX#900020
RGBrgb(144, 0, 32)
HSLhsl(347, 100%, 28%)
HSVhsv(347, 100%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 100%, 78%, 44%)
CIE Lablab(29.5 53 26.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.413 0.166 21)

How Burgundy behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Burgundy shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.5), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 9.52:1 and against black 2.21:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.

Palettes built from Burgundy

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ed8d8c · #cb6163 · #a8323b · #900020 · #47000a · #180001

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#a5530f · #9d3310 · #900020 · #710031 · #540036 · #380033

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#c69960 · #b37500 · #845f2c · #900020 · #620012 · #380006

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#00dee9 · #b77674 · #845f5d · #900020 · #53161a · #290709

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e1f7f8 · #bca09f · #586768 · #900020 · #462b2b · #000202

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e6f5f6 · #bccdce · #8da1a2 · #0c282a · #000607 · #900020

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#dbd6b1 · #d2b48e · #2485a6 · #4b5e81 · #900020 · #041122

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#c0dec1 · #81d2af · #518291 · #4d5e80 · #900020 · #1d0512

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#e0fbdb · #78bd6b · #265ec1 · #900020 · #002b7a · #000200

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#f3f6cf · #acaf40 · #007278 · #900020 · #381b74 · #000203

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#A8393F · #BF5D5F · #D6807F · #EBA3A1 · #FFC6C4

Shades

#7A0019 · #650013 · #50000D · #3D0007 · #2A0003

Muted

#84232B · #763334 · #683E3D

Using Burgundy

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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