Maroon

#531c19

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

Maroon is a dark red that reads dramatic. Dark reds this rich suit wine, leather and luxury labels. 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 #531c19, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#531c19

RGB83, 28, 25

HSL3, 54%, 21%

HSV3, 70%, 33%

CMYK0%, 66%, 70%, 67%

Lab18.97, 25.45, 15.42

XYZ4.16, 2.74, 1.23

Decimal5446681

Web safe#663300

Pantone490 C

Shades of maroon

#4d1a17 #471815 #411614 #3b1412 #351210 #2f100e #290e0c #230c0b #1d0a09 #180807

Tints of maroon

#712622 #8e302b #ac3a34 #c64740 #ce645e #d7807b #e09c99 #e9b9b6 #f2d5d4 #fbf2f1

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#195053 Analogous#531933 Analogous#533919 Triadic#19531c Triadic#1c1953 Split complementary#195339 Split complementary#193353

Maroon in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 66, 70, 67.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #531c19 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 66 70 67

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 65 68 73

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Maroon in css

Copy #531c19 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #531c19; }
.text { color: #531c19; }
.border { border: 2px solid #531c19; }

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 #531c19 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #531c19 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 #531c19 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 #531c19 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 #531c19 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.