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maroon

#800000

maroonCSS named color.

Formats

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Contrast & legibility

Text on white10.95:1 AA ✓
Text on black1.92:1 AA ✗

WCAG 2.2 AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text. Check any pair →

Tints & shades

An 11-stop OKLCH ramp through maroon (the same engine as the theme builder). Click any stop to open its page.

Harmonies

Explore all harmonies for #800000

Color-blindness preview

#332c00

Protanopia

#504600

Deuteranopia

#8e0003

Tritanopia

#3c3c3c

Achromatopsia

How maroon appears to viewers with each color-vision deficiency. Full simulator →

About maroon

#800000 is maroon, a css named color. This page shows its rgb(128, 0, 0) / hsl(0.01, 99.96%, 25.1%) / oklch(0.3767 0.1546 29.23) values, WCAG contrast against black and white, an OKLCH tint-and-shade ramp, and complementary, analogous, and triadic harmonies — all computed in perceptually-uniform OKLCH.