Burgundy Color Palettes
Twelve burgundy palettes with hex codes — generate endless more with the free tool below.
#5b152a · #7e1c1b · #6d125f · #991814 · #7e1068
#611423 · #602710 · #631746 · #733221 · #6d2246
#862d39 · #7a2415 · #651b46 · #952713 · #6b1a42
#841536 · #7a201f · #6f1f5a · #541a17 · #8c2260
#872631 · #552c1b · #93155a · #6e3221 · #802358
#551b21 · #562715 · #911d60 · #913a1d · #6f1f43
#8d2046 · #861513 · #642051 · #731811 · #770e5e
#651f27 · #66341a · #6d1243 · #5b2615 · #6f1f45
#4e1820 · #792011 · #832156 · #841910 · #841046
#6f202c · #6a3415 · #700f40 · #84371f · #7a2954
#651b25 · #7d301c · #892466 · #611914 · #981657
#7d1c39 · #842815 · #891f5d · #8e2825 · #602045
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Burgundy is red aged into authority — dark, slightly blue-leaning, and the go-to when a brand wants warmth that still commands. Wine, universities, law, finance with heritage pretensions, and leather goods all reach for it because it signals establishment without the coldness of navy. The single-hue depth strategy works well here: run the same red from a pale blush tint down to near-black oxblood and the palette feels complete before any second hue arrives. Technically, dark reds are fragile on screens — below roughly 20 percent lightness they collapse toward brown or black, losing the red identity entirely, so hold your darkest usable swatch above that line and proof on dim mobile screens. Gold and cream are the traditional companions, and high-contrast Didone serifs suit it so well the pairing has become shorthand for wine labels and law reviews.
Frequently asked questions
Why does burgundy turn brown or black on some screens?
Dark reds occupy a fragile corner of screen rendering: below about 20 percent lightness the red channel information gets crushed on dim or low-quality displays. Keep your working burgundy at 22-30 percent lightness and reserve anything darker for large areas only.
What metallic pairs with burgundy?
Gold, almost by law — the pairing runs through wine labels, university crests, and luxury packaging. On screens, where real metallic ink is unavailable, a warm ochre-gold around 45-55 percent lightness stands in; silver and cool grays fight the warmth and rarely work.
Is burgundy too formal for modern brands?
It carries heritage weight, but pairing it with generous white space and a modern grotesque typeface reads as contemporary luxury rather than old law firm. The formality lives mostly in the traditional gold-serif treatment, not in the color itself.