Maroon

#4f0708

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

This is Maroon, a vivid red sitting at 359 degrees on the wheel. 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 #4f0708, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4f0708

RGB79, 7, 8

HSL359, 84%, 17%

HSV359, 91%, 31%

CMYK0%, 91%, 90%, 69%

Lab14.58, 32.04, 19.31

XYZ3.34, 1.83, 0.41

Decimal5179144

Web safe#660000

Pantone490 C

Shades of maroon

#450607 #3b0506 #300405 #2b0404 #260304 #210303 #1c0203

Tints of maroon

#740a0c #9a0e10 #bf1113 #e41417 #ed3437 #f0595b #f47f80 #f7a4a5 #fac9ca #feefef

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#074f4e Analogous#4f072c Analogous#4f2a07 Triadic#084f07 Triadic#07084f Split complementary#074f2a Split complementary#072c4f

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, 91, 90, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4f0708 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 91 90 69

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 88 87 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 #4f0708 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4f0708; }
.text { color: #4f0708; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4f0708; }

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 #4f0708 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4f0708 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 #4f0708 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 #4f0708 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

The figures for #4f0708 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.