Maroon

#500f0c

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 anchoring. 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 #500f0c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#500f0c

RGB80, 15, 12

HSL3, 74%, 18%

HSV3, 85%, 31%

CMYK0%, 81%, 85%, 69%

Lab15.87, 29.7, 19.33

XYZ3.55, 2.07, 0.56

Decimal5246732

Web safe#660000

Pantone4695 C

Shades of maroon

#4b0e0b #450d0a #400c0a #3b0b09 #350a08 #300907 #2b0806 #250706 #200605 #1b0504

Tints of maroon

#731611 #961c16 #b8231c #db2921 #e34942 #e86a64 #ed8c87 #f2adaa #f7cfcd #fdf0ef

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#0c4d50 Analogous#500c2b Analogous#50310c Triadic#0c500f Triadic#0f0c50 Split complementary#0c5031 Split complementary#0c2b50

Maroon in print

At this depth the ink coverage is heavy, worth a proof before a long run. The cmyk build is 0, 81, 85, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #500f0c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 81 85 69

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 79 82 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Maroon in css

Copy #500f0c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #500f0c; }
.text { color: #500f0c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #500f0c; }

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 #500f0c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #500f0c against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Maroon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #500f0c 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn maroon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #500f0c 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

Here is how the numbers for #500f0c are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.