Maroon

#522018

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

Maroon lands in the red band, dark and strong. Dark reds this rich suit wine, leather and luxury labels. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Maroon color values

Every conversion for #522018, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#522018

RGB82, 32, 24

HSL8, 55%, 21%

HSV8, 71%, 32%

CMYK0%, 61%, 71%, 68%

Lab19.61, 22.73, 16.85

XYZ4.16, 2.89, 1.2

Decimal5382168

Web safe#663300

Pantone4695 C

Shades of maroon

#4c1e16 #461b15 #411913 #3b1711 #35150f #2f120e #29100c #230e0a #1e0c09 #180907

Tints of maroon

#702c21 #8e3729 #ac4332 #c7513e #cf6c5c #d8877a #e1a298 #e9bdb5 #f2d8d3 #fbf3f1

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#184a52 Analogous#52182d Analogous#523d18 Triadic#185220 Triadic#201852 Split complementary#18523d Split complementary#182d52

Maroon in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 61, 71, 68.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #522018 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 61 71 68

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 60 69 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Maroon in css

Copy #522018 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #522018; }
.text { color: #522018; }
.border { border: 2px solid #522018; }

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 #522018 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #522018 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 #522018 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 #522018 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 #522018 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.