Maroon

#521f0c

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 strong. 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 #521f0c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#521f0c

RGB82, 31, 12

HSL16, 74%, 18%

HSV16, 85%, 32%

CMYK0%, 62%, 85%, 68%

Lab19.23, 22.6, 23.48

XYZ4.04, 2.8, 0.68

Decimal5381900

Web safe#663300

Pantone4625 C

Shades of maroon

#471b0a #41190a #361508 #311207 #2b1006 #260e06 #200c05 #1b0a04

Tints of maroon

#752c11 #973916 #ba461b #dd5420 #e36e42 #e88864 #eda387 #f3beaa #f8d8cd #fdf3ef

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#0c3f52 Analogous#520c1c Analogous#52420c Triadic#0c521f Triadic#1f0c52 Split complementary#0c5242 Split complementary#0c1c52

Maroon in print

It runs deep in print, so a rich black build underneath keeps it from looking flat. The cmyk build is 0, 62, 85, 68.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #521f0c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 62 85 68

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 61 82 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 #521f0c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #521f0c; }
.text { color: #521f0c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #521f0c; }

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 #521f0c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #521f0c 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 #521f0c 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 #521f0c 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 #521f0c come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.