#490016
A very dark, vivid magenta closely aligning with Maroon.
About #490016
At its core, #490016 is a very dark and vivid hue. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Maroon. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 73, 0, and 22.
When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. Its ink density profile breaks down to 0% cyan, 100% magenta, 70% yellow, and 71% black. The HSL representation is 341.9° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 14.3% lightness.
Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #FFFFFF text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.