Maroon

#6d2209

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

Maroon sits in the orange range, deep and vivid. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Maroon color values

Every conversion for #6d2209, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6d2209

RGB109, 34, 9

HSL15, 85%, 23%

HSV15, 92%, 43%

CMYK0%, 69%, 92%, 57%

Lab25.0, 32.14, 32.44

XYZ6.93, 4.41, 0.75

Decimal7152137

Web safe#663300

Pantone168 C

Shades of maroon

#651f08 #5d1d08 #551a07 #4d1806 #451506 #3d1305 #341004 #2c0e04 #240b03 #1c0902

Tints of maroon

#902d0c #b2380f #d54212 #ed521f #ef6d42 #f28864 #f5a287 #f8bda9 #fbd8cc #fef2ef

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#09546d Analogous#6d0922 Analogous#6d5409 Triadic#096d22 Triadic#22096d Split complementary#096d54 Split complementary#09226d

Maroon in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 69, 92, 57.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6d2209 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 69 92 57

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 67 89 63

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 #6d2209 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6d2209; }
.text { color: #6d2209; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6d2209; }

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 #6d2209 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6d2209 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 #6d2209 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 #6d2209 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 #6d2209 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.