Maroon

#7a2929

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. 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 #7a2929, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7a2929

RGB122, 41, 41

HSL0, 50%, 32%

HSV0, 66%, 48%

CMYK0%, 66%, 66%, 52%

Lab29.12, 35.26, 19.13

XYZ9.22, 5.88, 2.75

Decimal8005929

Web safe#663333

Pantone491 C

Shades of maroon

#702626 #662222 #5c1f1f #521c1c #481818 #3f1515 #351212 #2b0e0e #210b0b #170808

Tints of maroon

#933131 #ab3a3a #c14545 #c95e5e #d17676 #d98f8f #e2a8a8 #eac0c0 #f2d9d9 #fbf2f2

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#297a7a Analogous#7a2952 Analogous#7a5229 Triadic#297a29 Triadic#29297a Split complementary#297a52 Split complementary#29517a

Maroon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 66, 66, 52.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7a2929 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 66 66 52

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 65 65 58

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 #7a2929 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7a2929; }
.text { color: #7a2929; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7a2929; }

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 #7a2929 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7a2929 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 #7a2929 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 #7a2929 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 #7a2929 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.