Maroon

#5b1b03

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

This is Maroon, a vivid orange at 16 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Maroon color values

Every conversion for #5b1b03, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5b1b03

RGB91, 27, 3

HSL16, 94%, 18%

HSV16, 97%, 36%

CMYK0%, 70%, 97%, 64%

Lab20.1, 28.21, 28.66

XYZ4.72, 3.01, 0.42

Decimal5970691

Web safe#663300

Pantone168 C

Shades of maroon

#4f1703 #421402 #3c1202 #361002 #300e02 #2a0c01 #240b01 #1e0901

Tints of maroon

#822604 #a83206 #cf3d07 #f54908 #f8642d #f98154 #fb9d7a #fcbaa1 #fdd6c7 #fef2ee

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#03435b Analogous#5b0317 Analogous#5b4703 Triadic#035b1b Triadic#1b035b Split complementary#035b47 Split complementary#03175b

Maroon in print

At this depth the ink coverage is heavy, worth a proof before a long run. The cmyk build is 0, 70, 97, 64.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5b1b03 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 70 97 64

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 68 93 70

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 #5b1b03 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5b1b03; }
.text { color: #5b1b03; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5b1b03; }

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 #5b1b03 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5b1b03 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 #5b1b03 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 #5b1b03 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

Here is how the numbers for #5b1b03 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.