Maroon

#6c1905

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 vivid. 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 #6c1905, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6c1905

RGB108, 25, 5

HSL12, 91%, 22%

HSV12, 95%, 42%

CMYK0%, 77%, 95%, 58%

Lab23.32, 35.61, 32.34

XYZ6.56, 3.89, 0.55

Decimal7084293

Web safe#660000

Pantone483 C

Shades of maroon

#641705 #5c1504 #541404 #4c1204 #451003 #3d0e03 #350c02 #2d0a02 #250902 #1d0701

Tints of maroon

#902107 #b42a08 #d9320a #f44015 #f65d39 #f77b5d #f99981 #fbb6a5 #fdd4ca #fef1ee

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#05586c Analogous#6c0524 Analogous#6c4c05 Triadic#056c19 Triadic#19056c Split complementary#056c4c Split complementary#05256c

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, 77, 95, 58.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6c1905 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 77 95 58

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 75 91 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 #6c1905 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6c1905; }
.text { color: #6c1905; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6c1905; }

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 #6c1905 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6c1905 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 #6c1905 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 #6c1905 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 #6c1905 are worked out. 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.