Maroon

#520005

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

This is Maroon, a vivid red sitting at 356 degrees on the wheel. 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 #520005, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#520005

RGB82, 0, 5

HSL356, 100%, 16%

HSV356, 100%, 32%

CMYK0%, 100%, 94%, 68%

Lab14.43, 35.3, 20.48

XYZ3.51, 1.8, 0.31

Decimal5373957

Web safe#660000

Pantone490 C

Shades of maroon

#480004 #3d0004 #330003 #2e0003 #290002 #240002 #1f0002

Tints of maroon

#7b0008 #a4000a #cd000d #f6000f #ff202e #ff4954 #ff727b #ff9ba1 #ffc4c8 #ffedee

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#00524d Analogous#52002e Analogous#522400 Triadic#055200 Triadic#000552 Split complementary#005224 Split complementary#002e52

Maroon in print

At this depth the ink coverage is heavy, worth a proof before a long run. The cmyk build is 0, 100, 94, 68.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #520005 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 100 94 68

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 96 90 74

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 #520005 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #520005; }
.text { color: #520005; }
.border { border: 2px solid #520005; }

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 #520005 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #520005 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 #520005 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 #520005 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 #520005 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.