Maroon

#6a3423

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. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Maroon color values

Every conversion for #6a3423, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6a3423

RGB106, 52, 35

HSL14, 50%, 28%

HSV14, 67%, 42%

CMYK0%, 51%, 67%, 58%

Lab28.49, 22.46, 21.54

XYZ7.48, 5.64, 2.29

Decimal6960163

Web safe#663333

Pantone175 C

Shades of maroon

#623020 #592c1e #51281b #492418 #412015 #381c13 #301710 #28130d #1f0f0a #170b08

Tints of maroon

#84412c #9f4e34 #b95b3d #c66f53 #cf856e #d89b88 #e0b1a2 #e9c7bd #f2ded7 #fbf4f2

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#23596a Analogous#6a2336 Analogous#6a5723 Triadic#236a34 Triadic#34236a Split complementary#236a58 Split complementary#23356a

Maroon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 51, 67, 58.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6a3423 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 51 67 58

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 51 66 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 #6a3423 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6a3423; }
.text { color: #6a3423; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6a3423; }

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 #6a3423 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6a3423 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 #6a3423 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 #6a3423 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 #6a3423 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.