Maroon

#500000

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for maroon, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Maroon is a dark red that reads moody. Dark reds this rich suit wine, leather and luxury labels. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Maroon color values

Every conversion for #500000, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#500000

RGB80, 0, 0

HSL0, 100%, 16%

HSV0, 100%, 31%

CMYK0%, 100%, 100%, 69%

Lab13.86, 34.55, 21.68

XYZ3.31, 1.71, 0.15

Decimal5242880

Web safe#660000

Pantone490 C

Shades of maroon

#460000 #3c0000 #370000 #320000 #2d0000 #280000 #240000 #1f0000

Tints of maroon

#790000 #a20000 #cc0000 #f50000 #ff1f1f #ff4848 #ff7272 #ff9b9b #ffc4c4 #ffeded

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#005050 Analogous#500028 Analogous#502800 Triadic#005000 Triadic#000050 Split complementary#005028 Split complementary#002850

Maroon in print

It runs deep in print, so a rich black build underneath keeps it from looking flat. The cmyk build is 0, 100, 100, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #500000 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 100 100 69

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 96 96 75

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Maroon in css

Copy #500000 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #500000; }
.text { color: #500000; }
.border { border: 2px solid #500000; }

How maroon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Maroon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #500000 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #500000 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Maroon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #500000 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around maroon? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn maroon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #500000 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from maroon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #500000 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.