Maroon

#501b00

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

Maroon sits in the orange range, dark and vivid. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Maroon color values

Every conversion for #501b00, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#501b00

RGB80, 27, 0

HSL20, 100%, 16%

HSV20, 100%, 31%

CMYK0%, 66%, 100%, 69%

Lab17.87, 23.47, 26.73

XYZ3.7, 2.49, 0.29

Decimal5249792

Web safe#663300

Pantone4625 C

Shades of maroon

#461800 #3c1400 #321100 #2d0f00 #280e00 #240c00 #1f0a00

Tints of maroon

#792900 #a23700 #cc4500 #f55300 #ff6b1f #ff8648 #ffa172 #ffbd9b #ffd8c4 #fff3ed

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#003550 Analogous#50000d Analogous#504300 Triadic#00501b Triadic#1b0050 Split complementary#005043 Split complementary#000d50

Maroon in print

It runs deep in print, so a rich black build underneath keeps it from looking flat. The cmyk build is 0, 66, 100, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #501b00 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 66 100 69

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 65 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 #501b00 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #501b00; }
.text { color: #501b00; }
.border { border: 2px solid #501b00; }

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 #501b00 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #501b00 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 #501b00 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 #501b00 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

The figures for #501b00 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.