#800000Maroon (#800000) is a dark, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 29°, lightness 0.38 and chroma 0.155. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #800000 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(128, 0, 0) |
| HSL | hsl(0, 100%, 25%) |
| HSV | hsv(0, 100%, 50%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 100%, 100%, 50%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(25.5 48 38.1) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.377 0.155 29) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Maroon is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.5), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#800000 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#820000 — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged#800000 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#800000 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchangedAgainst white it measures 10.95:1 and against black 1.92:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#d67e71 · #b45346 · #800000 · #630000 · #2f0000 · #080000
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#905000 · #873500 · #800000 · #63001e · #470024 · #2d0021
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#d2b177 · #d9786a · #9d7000 · #735824 · #800000 · #530000
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#00dcf5 · #a96e64 · #785650 · #800000 · #470f0a · #1f0201
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e2f6fa · #b59c97 · #4f5d5f · #800000 · #3b2320 · #000102
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e6f5f7 · #bccdd0 · #8ea1a5 · #0f2a2e · #00070a · #800000
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d7f9ff · #00b7cc · #006672 · #800000 · #003138 · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#bddfc5 · #7cc9b2 · #527d8e · #495574 · #800000 · #220611
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#ddfbe1 · #66b877 · #384faf · #800000 · #131e6a · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#eef7d4 · #9aad4e · #006672 · #800000 · #360f60 · #000304
#9A362B · #B45B4F · #CC7E73 · #E4A297 · #FBC6BD
#6D0000 · #5B0000 · #490000 · #380000 · #290000
#751E16 · #692C24 · #5C3630
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.