Maroon

#4b1405

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 anchoring. 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 #4b1405, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4b1405

RGB75, 20, 5

HSL13, 88%, 16%

HSV13, 93%, 29%

CMYK0%, 73%, 93%, 71%

Lab15.52, 25.22, 21.57

XYZ3.18, 2.01, 0.36

Decimal4920325

Web safe#330000

Pantone4695 C

Shades of maroon

#421204 #3d1004 #340e03 #2f0d03 #2b0b03 #260a03 #210902 #1d0802

Tints of maroon

#721e08 #98290a #bf330d #e63d0f #f1572d #f47654 #f6957a #f9b4a1 #fbd3c8 #fef2ee

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#053c4b Analogous#4b0519 Analogous#4b3705 Triadic#054b14 Triadic#14054b Split complementary#054b37 Split complementary#05194b

Maroon in print

At this depth the ink coverage is heavy, worth a proof before a long run. The cmyk build is 0, 73, 93, 71.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4b1405 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 73 93 71

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 71 90 77

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 #4b1405 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4b1405; }
.text { color: #4b1405; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4b1405; }

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 #4b1405 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4b1405 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 #4b1405 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 #4b1405 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 #4b1405 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.