Maroon color
Maroon is a dark, brownish red. Its name comes from the French marron, chestnut. Its hex code is #800000.
- Hex
- #800000
- RGB
- 128, 0, 0
- OKLCH
- 37.7% 0.155 29.2
- Value
- 3 of 10
- Family
- Red
Is maroon warm or cool?
Warm: it sits on the warm side of the color wheel, with the reds, oranges and yellows. It is a dark color, value 3 of 10, and its opposite is forest. More in warm and cool colors.
Maroon tints, tones and shades
A tint adds white, a tone adds gray of the same lightness, and a shade adds black. Each row starts with maroon itself.
Tints
#800000#9E4338#B97267#D3A098#EACFCA
Tones
#800000#751D15#6A2B23#5E342E#513B38
Shades
#800000#600302#410302#250302#0C0101
The opposite of maroon
Opposite maroon on the color wheel sits forest, #00502C. Side by side, each makes the other look stronger; mixed, they turn each other gray.
Maroon
Forest
Colors that go with maroon
With its opposite
#800000 · #E4C3BD · #2D4A38 · #00502C · #021107
With its neighbors
#7A003F · #800000 · #633401 · #DEB7B1 · #250302
One color, light to dark
#EFDBD7 · #5E342E · #800000 · #330302 · #0C0101
Maroon in paintings
The nearest colors to maroon in our painting palettes.
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