Maroon

#5a171b

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

Maroon is a deep red that reads serious. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Maroon color values

Every conversion for #5a171b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5a171b

RGB90, 23, 27

HSL356, 59%, 22%

HSV356, 74%, 35%

CMYK0%, 74%, 70%, 65%

Lab19.5, 30.79, 15.01

XYZ4.72, 2.87, 1.34

Decimal5904155

Web safe#660033

Pantone490 C

Shades of maroon

#531519 #4d1417 #461215 #401013 #390f11 #330d0f #2c0b0d #250a0b #1f0809 #180607

Tints of maroon

#781f24 #96262d #b52e36 #cd3c44 #d55a61 #dc787e #e4969b #ecb4b8 #f4d3d5 #fbf1f1

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#175a56 Analogous#5a173d Analogous#5a3517 Triadic#1b5a17 Triadic#171b5a Split complementary#175a35 Split complementary#173d5a

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, 74, 70, 65.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5a171b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 74 70 65

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 72 68 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Maroon in css

Copy #5a171b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5a171b; }
.text { color: #5a171b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5a171b; }

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 #5a171b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5a171b 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 #5a171b 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 #5a171b 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 #5a171b is computed, not guessed. 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.