Maroon

Maroon (#800000) is a deep red with a jewel character. It carries the deep, saturated richness of a gemstone. Authoritative and slightly formal, it works well for type and heavy UI elements. Its HSL profile (0°, 100%, 25%) places it in the highly saturated band at a dark lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary cyan. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel. R=128, G=B=0 — the dark-red half of the RGB cube. Named in HTML 3.2 (1997) after the French 'marron' (chestnut), a color name that predates the web by roughly 250 years.

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