Cardinal (color)
Cardinal is a vivid red, which may get its name from the cassocks worn by Catholic cardinals (although the color worn by cardinals is scarlet). The cardinal bird also takes its name from the cardinal bishops.
| Cardinal | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #C41E3A |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (196, 30, 58) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (350°, 85%, 77%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (43, 119, 8°) |
| Source | Maerz and Paul |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid red |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The first recorded use of cardinal as a color name in English was in the year 1698.
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