Maroon

#4e0000

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

Maroon lands in the red band, dark and vivid. 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 #4e0000, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e0000

RGB78, 0, 0

HSL0, 100%, 15%

HSV0, 100%, 31%

CMYK0%, 100%, 100%, 69%

Lab13.35, 33.96, 20.91

XYZ3.14, 1.62, 0.15

Decimal5111808

Web safe#660000

Pantone490 C

Shades of maroon

#490000 #450000 #400000 #3b0000 #360000 #320000 #2d0000 #280000 #230000 #1f0000

Tints of maroon

#770000 #a10000 #ca0000 #f40000 #ff1e1e #ff4747 #ff7171 #ff9a9a #ffc4c4 #ffeded

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#004e4e Analogous#4e0027 Analogous#4e2700 Triadic#004e00 Triadic#00004e Split complementary#004e27 Split complementary#00274e

Maroon in print

It runs deep in print, so a rich black build underneath keeps it from looking flat. The cmyk build is 0, 100, 100, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e0000 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 100 100 69

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 96 96 75

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 #4e0000 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e0000; }
.text { color: #4e0000; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e0000; }

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 #4e0000 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e0000 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 #4e0000 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 #4e0000 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

Every value on this page for #4e0000 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.