Maroon

#6f2524

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

This is Maroon, a soft red sitting at 1 degrees on the wheel. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. 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 #6f2524, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6f2524

RGB111, 37, 36

HSL1, 51%, 29%

HSV1, 68%, 44%

CMYK0%, 67%, 68%, 56%

Lab26.24, 32.71, 18.33

XYZ7.54, 4.83, 2.2

Decimal7284004

Web safe#663333

Pantone491 C

Shades of maroon

#662221 #5d1f1e #551c1b #4c1919 #431616 #3a1313 #311010 #290e0d #200b0a #170807

Tints of maroon

#892e2c #a33635 #bd3f3d #c85755 #d0716f #d98a89 #e1a4a3 #eabebd #f2d8d7 #fbf2f2

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#246e6f Analogous#6f2448 Analogous#6f4b24 Triadic#246f25 Triadic#25246f Split complementary#246f4b Split complementary#24496f

Maroon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 67, 68, 56.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6f2524 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 67 68 56

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 66 67 62

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 #6f2524 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6f2524; }
.text { color: #6f2524; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6f2524; }

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 #6f2524 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6f2524 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 #6f2524 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 #6f2524 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 #6f2524 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.