Maroon

#591a03

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 #591a03, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#591a03

RGB89, 26, 3

HSL16, 93%, 18%

HSV16, 97%, 35%

CMYK0%, 71%, 97%, 65%

Lab19.51, 27.89, 27.88

XYZ4.51, 2.87, 0.4

Decimal5839363

Web safe#663300

Pantone4695 C

Shades of maroon

#4d1703 #411302 #3b1102 #351002 #2f0e02 #290c01 #240a01 #1e0901

Tints of maroon

#802504 #a63106 #cd3c07 #f44708 #f8632c #f97f53 #fb9c7a #fcb9a0 #fdd5c7 #fef2ee

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#034259 Analogous#590317 Analogous#594503 Triadic#03591a Triadic#1a0359 Split complementary#035945 Split complementary#031759

Maroon in print

At this depth the ink coverage is heavy, worth a proof before a long run. The cmyk build is 0, 71, 97, 65.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #591a03 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 71 97 65

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 69 93 71

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 #591a03 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #591a03; }
.text { color: #591a03; }
.border { border: 2px solid #591a03; }

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 #591a03 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #591a03 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 #591a03 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 #591a03 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 #591a03 is computed, not guessed. 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.