What is the hex code for maroon?

Maroon is #800000. In RGB that is 128, 0, 0, and in HSL it is 0 degrees, 100 percent saturation, 25 percent lightness.

What is the CMYK value of maroon?

#800000 converts to CMYK 0, 100, 100, 50. CMYK is a print space, so a screen can only ever approximate how it will actually be inked.

Can I use maroon as a CSS color name?

Yes. maroon is a CSS color keyword, so you can write it as a name instead of a hex code and every modern browser will render exactly #800000.

Maroon

#800000

Maroon is the hex color #800000, with RGB values 128, 0, 0. It is a CSS color keyword, so browsers render it from the name alone, and its value is fixed by the CSS Color Module.

RedCSS keyword

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Or a gradient

Or let it move

#800000rgb(128, 0, 0) · hsl(0, 100%, 25%)

Hue0°

Brightness100%

Maroon color codes

Every value for #800000, ready to paste. Click any code to copy it.

Channel values for #800000 in each number base
Channel	Decimal	Share	Hex	Octal	Binary
Red	128	50.2%	80	200	10000000
Green	0	0%	00	0	00000000
Blue	0	0%	00	0	00000000

The nearest web-safe color is #990000, from the 216-color palette browsers agreed on before displays could be trusted with more.

About maroon

Red at exactly half intensity with nothing else added, which is why it appears in the original sixteen HTML colors. Named after the French word for chestnut.

Shades, tints and tones

Every step is generated from #800000. Click a swatch to copy its hex.

Shades of maroon

A shade is the base color with black mixed in. Shades read as deeper and more dramatic, and they are what you reach for when a color needs to recede or carry weight.

Tints of maroon

A tint is the base color with white mixed in. Tints turn pastel as they lighten, which makes them useful for backgrounds and for anything that has to sit behind text.

Tones of maroon

A tone is the base color with grey mixed in. Tones lose the shout without losing the hue, and they are usually what separates a considered palette from a loud one.

The maroon scale

The same color as the 50 to 950 ladder every CSS framework uses, with #800000 at 500. Click a step to copy its hex, or take the whole scale as variables for a design system.

Color schemes built on maroon

Harmonies are positions on the color wheel rather than matters of taste, which is why they keep working across very different designs.

Complementary

Two colors from opposite sides of the wheel. They make each other look more vivid, which is why the pairing is used for anything that needs to stand out.

Analogous

Three neighbours on the wheel. Nothing competes, so the result reads calm and settled, closer to how colour behaves in nature.

Split complementary

The base plus the two colors either side of its complement. It keeps most of the contrast while being much easier to balance.

Triadic

Three colors spaced evenly around the wheel. Strong and lively, and usually best with one dominant color and two accents.

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs, forming a rectangle on the wheel. The richest scheme available, and the hardest to keep from shouting.

Monochromatic

One hue at different lightness levels. Effortlessly cohesive, and the safest way to build a palette around a brand color.

Colors close to #800000

Near neighbours, for when this color is almost right. Each one shifts hue, saturation or lightness by a small step.

Maroon color palettes

Five-color palettes built around #800000, each following a different scheme. Click any swatch to copy it, or open the generator to build your own.

Analogous

Complementary

Triadic

Monochromatic

Open the palette generator to lock the colors you like and regenerate the rest.

Contrast and readability

Whether maroon works as text, and what to put on top of it when it is the background. Ratios follow WCAG 2.1, where 4.5 is the bar for body text and 3 for large text.

Maroon text on white background

10.95:1 · Excellent

Large text at 24 pixels

Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.

Body AA
Body AAA
Large AA
Large AAA

Maroon text on black background

1.92:1 · Poor

Large text at 24 pixels

Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.

Body AA
Body AAA
Large AA
Large AAA

Used the other way round, #800000 as a background takes #FFFFFF text. That is the higher-contrast of the two, and it is what the tool picks automatically for any chrome sitting on your color.

Maroon reads better on a white background of the two. Contrast is a property of the pair, not of one color, so a color that fails here can still be perfectly usable against a different partner.

The red family

Maroon sits in the red family. Every named red in the library, with maroon first.

Name	Hex	RGB	HSL
Maroon is a CSS keyword is the color on this page	#800000	128, 0, 0	0, 100%, 25%
Red is a CSS keyword	#FF0000	255, 0, 0	0, 100%, 50%
Crimson is a CSS keyword	#DC143C	220, 20, 60	348, 83%, 47%
Burgundy	#800020	128, 0, 32	345, 100%, 25%
Salmon is a CSS keyword	#FA8072	250, 128, 114	6, 93%, 71%
Scarlet	#FF2400	255, 36, 0	8, 100%, 50%
Ruby	#E0115F	224, 17, 95	337, 86%, 47%
Cherry	#D2042D	210, 4, 45	348, 96%, 42%
Wine	#722F37	114, 47, 55	353, 42%, 32%
Blush	#DE5D83	222, 93, 131	342, 66%, 62%
Firebrick is a CSS keyword	#B22222	178, 34, 34	0, 68%, 42%
Indian red is a CSS keyword	#CD5C5C	205, 92, 92	0, 53%, 58%