Maroon

#540a0a

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 #540a0a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#540a0a

RGB84, 10, 10

HSL0, 79%, 18%

HSV0, 88%, 33%

CMYK0%, 88%, 88%, 67%

Lab16.12, 32.8, 20.71

XYZ3.82, 2.12, 0.5

Decimal5507594

Web safe#660000

Pantone490 C

Shades of maroon

#490909 #430808 #3d0707 #320606 #2c0505 #270505 #210404 #1b0303

Tints of maroon

#780e0e #9b1212 #bf1717 #e21b1b #e83d3d #ec6161 #f08484 #f5a8a8 #f9cbcb #fdefef

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#0a5454 Analogous#540a2f Analogous#542f0a Triadic#0a540a Triadic#0a0a54 Split complementary#0a542f Split complementary#0a2f54

Maroon in print

It sits near the bottom of the tone range, where dark colors gain a touch of weight on press. The cmyk build is 0, 88, 88, 67.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #540a0a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 88 88 67

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 85 85 73

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 #540a0a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #540a0a; }
.text { color: #540a0a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #540a0a; }

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 #540a0a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #540a0a 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 #540a0a 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 #540a0a 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

Every value on this page for #540a0a is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.