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#800000 Maroon

  • red
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
  • maroon
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#800000 (Maroon) is a color from the red family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.2% red, 0% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 100% magenta, 100% yellow and 49.8% black. Its hue angle is 0°, with 100% saturation and 25.1% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and luxury branding. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.95:1 (WCAG AAA).

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#990000
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Relative luminance0.0459

Complementary

  1. #800000
  2. #008080

Split complementary

  1. #800000
  2. #008040
  3. #004080

Analogous

  1. #800040
  2. #800000
  3. #804000

Triadic

  1. #800000
  2. #008000
  3. #000080

Tetradic

  1. #800000
  2. #808000
  3. #008080
  4. #000080

Square

  1. #800000
  2. #408000
  3. #008080
  4. #400080

Monochromatic

  1. #140000
  2. #340000
  3. #800000
  4. #cd0000
  5. #ff1a1a

Shades

#800000 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #800000
  2. #730000
  3. #660000
  4. #5a0000
  5. #4d0000
  6. #400000
  7. #330000
  8. #260000
  9. #1a0000
  10. #0d0000
  11. #000000

Tints

#800000 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #800000
  2. #8d1a1a
  3. #993333
  4. #a64d4d
  5. #b36666
  6. #c08080
  7. #cc9999
  8. #d9b3b3
  9. #e6cccc
  10. #f2e6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#800000 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #800000
  2. #800d0d
  3. #801a1a
  4. #802626
  5. #803333
  6. #804040
  7. #804d4d
  8. #805a5a
  9. #806666
  10. #807373
  11. #808080

Readable text 10.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 1.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #3c3c3c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5f2e2e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #332c00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #504600 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8e0003 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5c2100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #663600 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #890002 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-800000 {
  color: #800000;
}
Background
.bg-800000 {
  background-color: #800000;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-800000 {
  border: 2px solid #800000;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #800000;
  --color-primary-rgb: 128 0 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 0 100% 25%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-800000 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #800000, #804000);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-800000 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(128 0 0 / 0.35);
}

#8b0000 Dark Red ΔE 2.25 #92000a Sangria ΔE 3.61 #801818 Falu Red ΔE 4.37 #960018 Carmine ΔE 6.00 #882d17 Kobe ΔE 6.31 #65000b Rosewood ΔE 7.21 #7fffff Inverted #3c3c3c Grayscale 

Maroon
#800000  rgb(128, 0, 0)  hsl(0, 100%, 25%)  Maroon
#008080  rgb(0, 128, 128)  hsl(180, 100%, 25%)  Teal
#008000  rgb(0, 128, 0)  hsl(120, 100%, 25%)  Green
#000080  rgb(0, 0, 128)  hsl(240, 100%, 25%)  Navy