Maroon color: #800000
The CSS keyword maroon is #800000, rgb(128, 0, 0) or hsl(0, 100%, 25%). Its codes to copy, 50–950 tint scale, harmonies and contrast on white and black.
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About Maroon
Maroon is a dark red. Its hue sits at 29° in OKLCH and 0° in HSL — the two wheels are spaced differently, which is why the numbers disagree.
The keyword maroon is one of the sixteen original HTML 4 colors, the whole palette of CSS 1, so it is understood by every browser and every email client ever shipped.
CSS maroon is #800000, a plain half-intensity red from HTML 4. The X11 list defines maroon as #b03060, a pinker shade, so the same word gives a different color in tools built on X11 names.
Maroon tint scale, 50 to 950
Eleven steps at fixed perceived lightness, in OKLCH, holding maroon’s own hue from end to end. The keyword itself falls closest to step 800 (#6f0f09), the one outlined; step 500 is #d35b4c.
Harmonies built on Maroon
Hue angles measured in OKLCH, so every accent keeps maroon’s perceived lightness. Its complement is #004b54, closest to the named color darkslategray.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-complementary
Maroon on white and on black
White text reads better on maroon (10.94:1). As a text color it is readable on a white page (10.94:1, AAA). AA asks 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; AAA asks 7:1.
Named colors close to Maroon
Open maroon in the full tools
- Open in Color Converter — convert it to any other notation.
- Open in Palette Generator — export its scale as --maroon-50 … --maroon-950 tokens.
- Open in Color Harmonies — turn the wheel and compare OKLCH with HSL.
- Open in Contrast Checker — test it against any background, with the closest passing shade.
- Open in Color System Generator — derive a light and dark token set from it.
Or browse every named color from the color converter.