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#800000

Maroon Color

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A dark brownish-red long associated with academic institutions and traditional branding.

Nearest Tailwind class red-900 #82181a · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#800000

RGB

rgb(128, 0, 0)

HSL

hsl(0, 100%, 25.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 100%, 50.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 100%, 100%, 49.8%)

LAB

lab(25.54, 48.05, 38.06)

LCH

lch(25.54, 61.3, 38.38)

OKLCH

oklch(37.7%, 0.1546, 29.23)

HWB

hwb(0, 0%, 49.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#008080

Analogous

#800040

#800000

#804000

Triadic

#800000

#008000

#000080

Split-complementary

#800000

#008040

#004080

Tetradic

#800000

#808000

#008080

#000080

Square

#800000

#408000

#008080

#400080

Shades

Maroon Color mixed toward black.

#6b0000

#550000

#400000

#2b0000

#150000

Tints

Maroon Color mixed toward white.

#c00000

#ff0000

#ff4040

#ff8080

#ffbfbf

Tones

Maroon Color mixed toward gray.

#750b0b

#6b1515

#602020

#552b2b

#4b3535

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.92:1

White text reads better on this background (10.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#626100 · ΔE 40.6

Deuteranopia

#676c00 · ΔE 44.3

Tritanopia

#7d0000 · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#3c3c3c · ΔE 26.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #800000;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#800000]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Dim Gray #696969

Frequently asked questions

Maroon (#800000) is rgb(128, 0, 0) in RGB.

No, #800000 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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