Maroon

#4c1603

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

This is Maroon, a vivid orange at 16 degrees. 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 #4c1603, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4c1603

RGB76, 22, 3

HSL16, 92%, 15%

HSV16, 96%, 30%

CMYK0%, 71%, 96%, 70%

Lab16.09, 24.53, 23.14

XYZ3.28, 2.12, 0.32

Decimal4986371

Web safe#330000

Pantone4695 C

Shades of maroon

#431303 #391102 #300e02 #2b0d02 #270b02 #220a01 #1d0901

Tints of maroon

#742205 #9b2d06 #c33908 #eb4409 #f65d27 #f87b4f #fa9977 #fbb79e #fdd4c6 #fef2ee

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#03394c Analogous#4c0315 Analogous#4c3b03 Triadic#034c16 Triadic#16034c Split complementary#034c3b Split complementary#03144c

Maroon in print

It sits near the bottom of the tone range, where dark colors gain a touch of weight on press. The cmyk build is 0, 71, 96, 70.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4c1603 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 71 96 70

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 69 92 76

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 #4c1603 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4c1603; }
.text { color: #4c1603; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4c1603; }

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 #4c1603 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4c1603 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 #4c1603 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 #4c1603 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 #4c1603 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.