Maroon#800000

#800000 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.155 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Maroon — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#800000
RGB	rgb(128, 0, 0)
HSL	hsl(0, 100%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(0, 100%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 100%, 100%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.54, 48.04, 38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.54, 61.29, 38.38°)
OKLab	oklab(37.67% 0.1349 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(37.67% 0.155 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9033, 4.5908, 0.4173)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#800000 #008080

analogous

#800040 #800000 #804000

triadic

#800000 #008000 #000080

tetradic

#800000 #408000 #008080 #400080

square

#800000 #408000 #008080 #400080

split-complementary

#800000 #008040 #004080

monochromatic

#1F0000 #430000 #800000 #BD0000 #FA0000

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#800000 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#800000 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #800000

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##800000	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##800000	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#332C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504600

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E0003

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

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#000000

#912719

#A0412F

#AF5947

#BD705E

#CB8777

#D79E91

#E2B6AB

#EDCEC7

#F6E6E3

#FFFFFF

#7B1108

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#6A271B

Palettes with this color

Off White Color Palette

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #800000;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(128, 0, 0);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.155 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af5947',
    500: '#800000',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #800000;
$custom-light: #af5947;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#800000",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 128,
    "g": 0,
    "b": 0
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37669,
    "c": 0.15458,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#800000

secondary

#21BBBB

accent

#FFFF29

background

#FCF5F4

surface

#F8E9E6

border

#D1C5C2

text

#130400

muted

#827977

Preview Lab

Preview with #800000

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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