Maroon color: hex codes, shades and palettes

Palettes built around maroon. Click any swatch to copy its hex code.

Maroon is #800000 — deep vivid red. Below are its shades with hex codes, the values in every common format, and maroon color palettes to copy.

Maroon hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH

#800000
HEX
#800000
RGB
rgb(128, 0, 0)
HSL
hsl(0, 100%, 25%)
OKLCH
oklch(37.7% 0.155 29.2)
On white
10.95:1
On black
1.92:1

Shades of maroon

Eleven steps from one base color, generated in OKLCH so each step is an equal perceived step rather than an equal numeric one. Click a swatch to copy it.

Contrast and readability

Maroon on white measures 10.95:1 and on black 1.92:1. WCAG AA asks for 4.5:1 on normal text and 3:1 on large text and UI components, so the higher of those two decides which background it belongs on. In the scale above, 500 is the first to clear 4.5:1 on white, at 5.67:1.

The contrast checker reports every level for a given pair and suggests the nearest passing shade on the same hue. The color picker builds this same scale from any color you paste in.

Related colors:red, crimson, burgundy, salmon, wine. See every shade on the colors index.