Maroon

#5f1503

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

Maroon lands in the red band, dark and vivid. Dark reds this rich suit wine, leather and luxury labels. 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 #5f1503, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5f1503

RGB95, 21, 3

HSL12, 94%, 19%

HSV12, 97%, 37%

CMYK0%, 78%, 97%, 63%

Lab19.95, 32.45, 28.72

XYZ5.0, 2.98, 0.4

Decimal6231299

Web safe#660000

Pantone483 C

Shades of maroon

#581403 #521203 #4b1102 #450f02 #3e0e02 #380c02 #310b02 #2b0901 #240801 #1e0701

Tints of maroon

#851d04 #ab2605 #d22e07 #f73708 #f8562f #fa7555 #fb947b #fcb3a1 #fdd2c7 #fef1ee

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#034d5f Analogous#5f031f Analogous#5f4303 Triadic#035f15 Triadic#15035f Split complementary#035f43 Split complementary#031f5f

Maroon in print

It runs deep in print, so a rich black build underneath keeps it from looking flat. The cmyk build is 0, 78, 97, 63.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5f1503 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 78 97 63

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 76 93 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 #5f1503 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5f1503; }
.text { color: #5f1503; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5f1503; }

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 #5f1503 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5f1503 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 #5f1503 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 #5f1503 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 #5f1503 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.