CSS named color

Maroon #800000

Maroon is dark vivid red. Below: every color format, WCAG contrast against black and white, its tints, shades and tones, and the harmonies that pair with it.

Color values

Contrast & accessibility

WCAG contrast ratio of Maroon used as a foreground on white and black backgrounds.

Aa The quick brown fox
10.95:1

On white

AA ✓ AAA ✓ AA Large ✓
Aa The quick brown fox
1.92:1

On black

AA ✕ AAA ✕ AA Large ✕

Tints, shades & tones

Systematic variations of Maroon — click any swatch to copy its hex.

Tintsmixed toward white
Shadesmixed toward black
Tonesmixed toward gray

Color harmonies

Palettes built from Maroon by rotating its hue. Each swatch links to its closest named color.

Complementary

#800000 ≈ Dark Red #008080 ≈ Dark Cyan

Analogous

#800040 ≈ Maroon #800000 ≈ Dark Red #804000 ≈ Saddle Brown

Triadic

#800000 ≈ Dark Red #008000 ≈ Dark Green #000080 ≈ Dark Blue

Split-complementary

#800000 ≈ Dark Red #008040 ≈ Forest Green #004080 ≈ Midnight Blue

Tetradic

#800000 ≈ Dark Red #408000 ≈ Forest Green #008080 ≈ Dark Cyan #400080 ≈ Indigo

Use Maroon in your stack

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

Works for any property: text-[#800000], border-[#800000].

CSS custom property

Reference it anywhere with var(--color).

Build a full theme

Turn Maroon into a complete shadcn/ui palette — light & dark, contrast-checked, one-command install.

Extract a theme →

Similar named colors

Dark Red #8B0000 Firebrick #B22222 Brown #A52A2A Saddle Brown #8B4513 Crimson #DC143C Sienna #A0522D

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