Maroon

#661b21

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 #661b21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#661b21

RGB102, 27, 33

HSL355, 58%, 25%

HSV355, 74%, 40%

CMYK0%, 74%, 68%, 60%

Lab22.72, 33.8, 15.5

XYZ6.15, 3.72, 1.83

Decimal6691617

Web safe#663333

Pantone505 C

Shades of maroon

#5e191e #56171c #4f1519 #471317 #3f1114 #370f12 #300d0f #280b0d #20080a #180608

Tints of maroon

#83232a #9f2a34 #bc323d #ce4550 #d5616b #dd7e86 #e49ba1 #ecb7bc #f4d4d7 #fbf1f2

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#1b6660 Analogous#661b46 Analogous#663a1b Triadic#21661b Triadic#1b2166 Split complementary#1b663b Split complementary#1b4666

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, 74, 68, 60.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #661b21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 74 68 60

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 72 67 66

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 #661b21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #661b21; }
.text { color: #661b21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #661b21; }

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 #661b21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #661b21 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 #661b21 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 #661b21 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 #661b21 are worked out. 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.