What color does black and red make?
The short answer: black and red make maroon. Blended 50/50 you land on #630000 (Maroon), with heavier ratios leaning back toward whichever color you push — try the sliders in the mixer above.
#630000 - HEX
- #630000
- RGB
- rgb(99, 0, 0)
- HSL
- hsl(0, 100%, 19%)
- CMYK
- cmyk(0%, 100%, 100%, 61%)
color-mix(in oklab, #000000 50%, #ff0000) Black to Red: every ratio
How much of each color you use moves the answer along the blend path. The perceptual midpoint is the 50/50 row; the others show what a 3:1 ratio does in either direction.
Lighter and darker versions
Tint the mix toward white or shade it toward black and you get a small palette that all clearly belongs to the same family:
#8e483e Tint #b5837b 50/50 mix #630000 Shade #210000 Darker #410000 Paint vs. screen: why the medium matters
Any color plus black makes a shade — darker and slightly warmer. Red plus black deepens into maroon or oxblood; a perceptual mix keeps more of the red than a straight channel average would.
About these two colors
Black #000000 — The absence of light on a screen; in paint, the darkest pigment that shades every mix.
Red #ff0000 — A primary of both light and paint — the color of blood, stop signs, and urgency.
Want to blend these with different colors entirely? Open the full color mixer, or convert #630000 to RGB, HSL or CMYK.
Related mixes
See all color mixes for the full directory.
Frequently asked questions
Does black and red make maroon?
Yes — equal parts give maroon, around #630000. The exact shade depends on your ratio: black-heavy mixes lean toward #220000 and red-heavy mixes toward #ae0000.
What is the HEX code for black and red mixed?
A 50/50 perceptual mix is #630000 (Maroon). If you need it in CSS, the mixer above generates a ready-to-paste color-mix() snippet: color-mix(in oklab, #000000 50%, #ff0000).
What does black and red make in paint vs. on a screen?
Any color plus black makes a shade — darker and slightly warmer. Red plus black deepens into maroon or oxblood; a perceptual mix keeps more of the red than a straight channel average would.
How do I make the maroon mix lighter or darker?
Mix the result with white to tint it — 50% white gives about #b5837b — or with black to shade it, where 50% black gives about #210000. The strip above shows the full run from lighter to darker.