Merlot

The color code of Merlot indicates, that red is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. Together with blue it forms the basic color magenta, which determines the initial color impression in the same way as red. Learn more …

But due to the amount of achromatic basic colors like black and white the colorfulness of Merlot is somewhat limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 32 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 21 %, Merlot is a quite dark color.

Hex	`#74224b`
RGB	`rgb(116, 34, 75)`
HSL*	`hsl(330, 55%, 29%)`
Lab*	`27.75 39.69 -5.5`
CMYK*	`0% 71% 35% 55%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

55 %

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