Maroon

#862321

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

This is Maroon, a strong red sitting at 1 degrees on the wheel. 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 #862321, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#862321

RGB134, 35, 33

HSL1, 60%, 33%

HSV1, 75%, 53%

CMYK0%, 74%, 75%, 47%

Lab30.35, 41.69, 26.23

XYZ10.71, 6.38, 2.11

Decimal8790817

Web safe#993333

Pantone1810 C

Shades of maroon

#7b201e #701d1c #651a19 #5a1816 #4f1514 #441211 #390f0e #2e0c0b #230909 #190606

Tints of maroon

#a02a27 #ba312e #ce3d3a #d55754 #db706e #e28a88 #e8a4a2 #efbdbc #f5d7d7 #fbf1f1

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#218486 Analogous#862152 Analogous#865521 Triadic#218623 Triadic#232186 Split complementary#218655 Split complementary#215286

Maroon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 74, 75, 47.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #862321 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 74 75 47

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 72 73 53

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 #862321 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #862321; }
.text { color: #862321; }
.border { border: 2px solid #862321; }

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 #862321 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #862321 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 #862321 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 #862321 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 #862321 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. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.