Maroon

#781321

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 strong. 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 #781321, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#781321

RGB120, 19, 33

HSL352, 73%, 27%

HSV352, 84%, 47%

CMYK0%, 84%, 73%, 53%

Lab25.47, 42.67, 19.75

XYZ8.25, 4.57, 1.89

Decimal7869217

Web safe#660033

Pantone188 C

Shades of maroon

#6f121e #65101c #5c0f19 #530d17 #490c14 #400a12 #36090f #2d070c #24060a #1a0407

Tints of maroon

#961829 #b51d32 #d3213a #e03950 #e4576b #e97686 #ee94a1 #f3b3bc #f8d1d6 #fdf0f1

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#13786a Analogous#781354 Analogous#783713 Triadic#217813 Triadic#132178 Split complementary#137837 Split complementary#135478

Maroon in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 84, 72, 53.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #781321 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 84 73 53

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 81 71 59

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Maroon in css

Copy #781321 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #781321; }
.text { color: #781321; }
.border { border: 2px solid #781321; }

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 #781321 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #781321 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Maroon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #781321 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn maroon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #781321 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 #781321 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.