| Cordovan | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #893F45 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (137, 63, 69) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (355°, 54%, 54%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (37, 51, 8°) |
| Source | Pantone Color Planner[1] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Dark red |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Cordovan is a rich shade of burgundy and a dark shade of rose. Cordovan takes its name from the city of Córdoba, Spain, where the production of cordovan leather was first practiced by the Visigoths in the seventh century.[2] The term cordovan has come to describe the color of clothing – leather in particular; in this sense, the use of cordovan overlaps with that of oxblood.
The first recorded use of cordovan as a color name in English was in 1925.[3]
- ^ Shah, David. "Pantone View Color Planner Summer 2007 Key Color Combinations" (PDF). Metropolitan Publishing of Amsterdam. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-01-06. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
- ^ Constable, Olivia Remie (1994). Trade and Traders in Muslim Spain. Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Maerz, A.; Paul, M. A. (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 193. (Color Sample of Cordovan on p. 39 Plate 8 Color Sample H8)