Maroon is a dark red color.
Etymology
Maroon is derived from French marron ("chestnut").[2]
The first recorded use of Maroon as a color name in English was in 1789.[3]
Shades
| Dark red |
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— Color coordinates — |
| Hex triplet |
#8B0000 |
| sRGBB |
(r, g, b) |
(139, 0, 0) |
| HSV |
(h, s, v) |
(0°, 100%, 56%) |
| Source |
X11 |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
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Dark red
Displayed at right is the web color dark red.
| Rich Maroon |
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— Color coordinates — |
| Hex triplet |
#B03060 |
| RGBB |
(r, g, b) |
(176, 48, 96) |
| HSV |
(h, s, v) |
(333°, 65%, 42%) |
| Source |
X11 |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
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Rich Maroon (Maroon (X11))
At right is displayed the color rich maroon, i.e. maroon as defined in the X11 color names, which is much brighter and more toned toward rose than the HTML/CSS maroon shown above.
See the chart Color names that clash between X11 and HTML/CSS in the X11 color names article to see those colors which are different in HTML/CSS and X11.
| Bright Maroon |
|
— Color coordinates — |
| Hex triplet |
#C32148 |
| RGBB |
(r, g, b) |
(195, 33, 72) |
| HSV |
(h, s, v) |
(345°, 75%, 38%) |
| Source |
Crayola |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
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Bright Maroon
At right is displayed the color bright maroon, i.e., the color that was designated as maroon in Crayola crayons beginning in 1949. It is a medium shade of maroon halfway between red and rose.
See also
References
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