Maroon

#5e2002

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. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Maroon color values

Every conversion for #5e2002, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5e2002

RGB94, 32, 2

HSL20, 96%, 19%

HSV20, 98%, 37%

CMYK0%, 66%, 98%, 63%

Lab21.64, 26.87, 30.94

XYZ5.14, 3.42, 0.45

Decimal6168578

Web safe#663300

Pantone168 C

Shades of maroon

#511c02 #4b1902 #441701 #3e1501 #381301 #311101 #2b0f01 #240c01 #1e0a01

Tints of maroon

#852d03 #ac3a04 #d24804 #f95505 #fb6f2c #fb8952 #fca479 #fdbea0 #fed9c7 #fff3ee

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#02405e Analogous#5e0212 Analogous#5e4e02 Triadic#025e20 Triadic#20025e Split complementary#025e4e Split complementary#02125e

Maroon in print

At this depth the ink coverage is heavy, worth a proof before a long run. The cmyk build is 0, 66, 98, 63.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5e2002 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 66 98 63

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 65 94 69

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 #5e2002 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5e2002; }
.text { color: #5e2002; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5e2002; }

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 #5e2002 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5e2002 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 #5e2002 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 #5e2002 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 #5e2002 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.