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Guide to the Color Maroon

Dive deep into the color maroon. Find color palettes, get the codes for adding ’em to your designs—explore your color-dreaming heart out.

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Maroon color codes

Nail the exact color maroon in your design by using the code from any one of these systems for color identification.

Hex	#800000
RGB	r: 128, g: 0, b: 0
HSL	h: 0°, s: 100%, l: 25%
HSV	h: 0°, s: 100%, v: 50%
CMYK	c: 0%, m: 100%, y: 100%, k: 50%

Maroon color palettes

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The color maroon in percentages

If you're identifying color for pretty much anything digital, you're working in an RGB colorspace. If the project you're working on requires percentage representation, maroon is made of 50% red, 0% green, and 0% blue.

If you're identifying color for a print project, you're most likely using a CMYK colorspace—the percentages are 0% cyan, 100% magenta, 100% yellow, 50% black.