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Maroon
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#`800000`
sRGB^B	(r, g, b)	(128, 0, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(0°, 100%, 50%)
Source		HTML/CSS^[1]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Maroon is a dark red color.

1 Etymology
2 Shades
3 Other variations of maroon
4 See also
5 References

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
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#`8B0000`
sRGB^B	(r, g, b)	(139, 0, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(0°, 100%, 56%)
Source		X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Dark red

Displayed at right is the web color dark red.

Rich Maroon
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#`B03060`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(176, 48, 96)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(333°, 65%, 42%)
Source		X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(195, 33, 72)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(345°, 75%, 38%)
Source		Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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.

Other variations of maroon

Maroon variation 1 (Hex: #850A0A) RGB (133, 10, 10)
Maroon variation 2 (Hex: #8A1414) RGB (138, 20, 20)
Maroon variation 3 (Hex: #922424) RGB (146, 36, 36)
Maroon variation 4 (Hex: #993333) RGB (153, 51, 51)
Maroon variation 5 (Hex: #A64C4C) RGB (166, 76, 76)
Maroon variation 6 (Hex: #7B0000) RGB (123, 0, 0)
Maroon variation 7 (Hex: #760000) RGB (118, 0, 0)
Maroon variation 8 (Hex: #6E0000) RGB (110, 0, 0)
Maroon variation 9 (Hex: #670000) RGB (103, 0, 0)
Maroon variation 10 (Hex: #5A0000) RGB (90, 0, 0)

References

^ W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords
^ "maroon". Princeton WordNet. http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=maroon.
^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 198; Colour Sample of Maroon: Page 37 Plate 7 Color Sample L7

v • d • e Web colors
black	gray	silver	white	maroon	red	purple	fuchsia	green	lime	olive	yellow	navy	blue	teal	aqua

v • d • e Shades of red
Alizarin	Amaranth	Burgundy	Cardinal	Carmine	Carnelian	Cerise	Chestnut	Coral red	Crimson

Dark pink	Falu red	Fire engine red	Fuchsia	Magenta	Maroon	Mauve taupe	Orange-red	Persian red	Pink

Persimmon	Red	Red-violet	Rose	Rose madder	Ruby	Rust	Puce	Sangria	Scarlet

Terra cotta	Upsdell red	Venetian red	Vermilion

The samples shown above are representative only.

v • d • e Shades of brown
Auburn	Beige	Bistre	Bole	Bronze	Brown	Buff	Raw umber	Burnt sienna	Burnt umber

Chocolate	Copper	Cordovan	Desert sand	Ecru	Fallow	Khaki	Liver	Mahogany	Ochre

Wheat	Russet	Rust	Sandy brown	Seal brown	Sepia	Sienna	Tan	Taupe

The samples shown above are representative only.

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