Maroon

#6a100d

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 rich. 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 #6a100d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6a100d

RGB106, 16, 13

HSL2, 78%, 23%

HSV2, 88%, 42%

CMYK0%, 85%, 88%, 58%

Lab21.81, 38.31, 27.27

XYZ6.2, 3.46, 0.72

Decimal6950925

Web safe#660000

Pantone1810 C

Shades of maroon

#620f0c #5a0e0b #520c0a #4b0b09 #430a08 #3b0907 #330806 #2b0605 #230504 #1b0403

Tints of maroon

#8b1511 #ac1a15 #ce1f19 #e52e28 #e94e49 #ed6e6a #f18f8b #f5afad #f9cfce #fdf0ef

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#0d676a Analogous#6a0d39 Analogous#6a3f0d Triadic#0d6a10 Triadic#100d6a Split complementary#0d6a3f Split complementary#0d386a

Maroon in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 85, 88, 58.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6a100d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 85 88 58

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 82 85 64

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 #6a100d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6a100d; }
.text { color: #6a100d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6a100d; }

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 #6a100d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6a100d 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 #6a100d 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 #6a100d 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 #6a100d is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.