Maroon

#5b271f

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

Maroon lands in the red band, deep and soft. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. 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 #5b271f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5b271f

RGB91, 39, 31

HSL8, 49%, 24%

HSV8, 66%, 36%

CMYK0%, 57%, 66%, 64%

Lab22.91, 23.15, 16.65

XYZ5.29, 3.77, 1.75

Decimal5973791

Web safe#663333

Pantone1817 C

Shades of maroon

#54241d #4d211a #471e18 #401b16 #391813 #321511 #2b130f #24100c #1e0d0a #170a08

Tints of maroon

#773328 #923f32 #ae4a3b #c25c4c #cb7568 #d58e83 #dea79f #e8c0ba #f1dad6 #faf3f2

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#1f535b Analogous#5b1f35 Analogous#5b451f Triadic#1f5b27 Triadic#271f5b Split complementary#1f5b45 Split complementary#1f355b

Maroon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 57, 66, 64.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5b271f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 57 66 64

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 56 65 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Maroon in css

Copy #5b271f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5b271f; }
.text { color: #5b271f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5b271f; }

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 #5b271f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5b271f 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 #5b271f 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 #5b271f 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 #5b271f 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. 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.