Maroon

#740c00

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

Maroon lands in the red band, deep and vivid. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. 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 #740c00, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#740c00

RGB116, 12, 0

HSL6, 100%, 23%

HSV6, 100%, 45%

CMYK0%, 90%, 100%, 55%

Lab23.59, 42.21, 35.23

XYZ7.33, 3.98, 0.38

Decimal7605248

Web safe#660000

Pantone1810 C

Shades of maroon

#6b0b00 #630a00 #5a0900 #520800 #490800 #410700 #380600 #300500 #270400 #1f0300

Tints of maroon

#9a1000 #bf1400 #e51800 #ff250b #ff4631 #ff6857 #ff8a7c #ffaca2 #ffcdc8 #ffefed

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#006874 Analogous#74002e Analogous#744600 Triadic#00740c Triadic#0c0074 Split complementary#007446 Split complementary#002e74

Maroon in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 90, 100, 55.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #740c00 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 90 100 55

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 87 96 61

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 #740c00 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #740c00; }
.text { color: #740c00; }
.border { border: 2px solid #740c00; }

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 #740c00 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #740c00 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 #740c00 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 #740c00 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 #740c00 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.