HEX Color #800000 (Maroon)

About #800000

The precise color #800000 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Maroon. Its digital footprint relies on 128 parts red, 0 parts green, and 0 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 100% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Contrast ratios determine whether this color is safe for typography. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#800000

RGB128, 0, 0

HSL0.0°, 100.0%, 25.1%

CMYK0%, 100%, 100%, 50%

HSV0.0°, 100.0%, 50.2%

LAB25.5, 48.1, 38.1

XYZ8.9, 4.6, 0.4

Decimal8388608

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#800000 #007F80

Analogous

#800040 #804000

Triadic

#008000 #000080

Tetradic

#408000 #007F80 #3F0080

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#800000

#8E1C1C

#9C3838

#AA5555

#B87171

#C68D8D

#D4AAAA

#E2C6C6

#F0E2E2

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#800000

#710000

#630000

#550000

#470000

#380000

#2A0000

#1C0000

#0E0000

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

10.95:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AAA

1.92:1

Text on #000000

FAIL

10.47:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AAA

1.63:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #800000; }

.text-color { color: #800000; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #800000; }

Similar Colors

Maroon

#800000