Maroon

#4e1010

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 strong. Dark reds this rich suit wine, leather and luxury labels. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Maroon color values

Every conversion for #4e1010, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e1010

RGB78, 16, 16

HSL0, 66%, 18%

HSV0, 79%, 31%

CMYK0%, 79%, 79%, 69%

Lab15.63, 28.74, 16.92

XYZ3.42, 2.03, 0.7

Decimal5115920

Web safe#660000

Pantone490 C

Shades of maroon

#430e0e #390c0c #2e0a0a #290808 #240707 #1f0606 #190505

Tints of maroon

#6f1717 #901e1e #b12424 #d22b2b #da4b4b #e16c6c #e88d8d #eeaeae #f5cfcf #fcf0f0

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#104e4e Analogous#4e102f Analogous#4e2f10 Triadic#104e10 Triadic#10104e Split complementary#104e2f Split complementary#102f4e

Maroon in print

At this depth the ink coverage is heavy, worth a proof before a long run. The cmyk build is 0, 79, 79, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e1010 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 79 79 69

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 77 77 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Maroon in css

Copy #4e1010 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e1010; }
.text { color: #4e1010; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e1010; }

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 #4e1010 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e1010 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 #4e1010 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 #4e1010 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 #4e1010 is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.