{"datasetVersion":"1.0.0","slug":"dark-red-vs-maroon","type":"nearest","name":"Dark Red vs Maroon","verdict":"Dark Red and Maroon are very close colors. Dark Red is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.09:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.","summary":"Dark Red and Maroon are different red colors with HEX values #8B0000 and #800000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 11, their contrast ratio is 1.09:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.","rgbDistance":11,"contrastRatio":1.09,"colors":[{"slug":"dark-red","name":"Dark Red","hex":"#8B0000","rgb":[139,0,0],"hsl":[0,100,27],"cmyk":[0,100,100,45],"family":"red","temperature":"warm","tone":["balanced"],"luminance":0.0549,"contrast":{"black":2.1,"white":10.01},"wcag":{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},"bestText":{"text":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":10.01},"description":"Dark Red is #8B0000, a warm red color with balanced character. Compared with Maroon, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with white text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/dark-red/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-red.json"},{"slug":"maroon","name":"Maroon","hex":"#800000","rgb":[128,0,0],"hsl":[0,100,25],"cmyk":[0,100,100,50],"family":"red","temperature":"warm","tone":["balanced"],"luminance":0.0459,"contrast":{"black":1.92,"white":10.95},"wcag":{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},"bestText":{"text":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":10.95},"description":"Maroon is #800000, a warm red color with balanced character. Compared with Dark Red, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with white text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/maroon/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/maroon.json"}],"differences":{"rgbDistance":11,"contrastRatio":1.09,"hslDelta":{"hue":0,"saturation":0,"lightness":2},"luminanceDelta":0.009,"sameFamily":true,"sameTemperature":true,"sharedTones":["balanced"],"lighterColor":"Dark Red","moreSaturatedColor":"Dark Red"},"accessibility":{"pairContrastRatio":1.09,"textRecommendation":"Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.","safeText":[{"color":"Dark Red","background":"#8B0000","foreground":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":10.01},{"color":"Maroon","background":"#800000","foreground":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":10.95}]},"useCases":{"chooseFirstWhen":"Dark Red is better when the design needs balanced red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #8B0000.","chooseSecondWhen":"Maroon is better when the design needs balanced red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #800000.","useTogetherWhen":"Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."},"relatedApi":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/dark-red-vs-maroon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-red.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/maroon.json"],"url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/compare/dark-red-vs-maroon/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/dark-red-vs-maroon.json"}