Firebrick

#9e331f

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

This is Firebrick, a strong red sitting at 9 degrees on the wheel. 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.

Firebrick color values

Every conversion for #9e331f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9e331f
RGB158, 51, 31
HSL9, 67%, 37%
HSV9, 80%, 62%
CMYK0%, 68%, 80%, 38%
Lab37.36, 43.34, 36.27
XYZ15.53, 9.74, 2.36
Decimal10367775
Web safe#993333
Pantone484 C
Pantone484 CHex#9e331fRgb158 51 31Cmyk0 68 80 38Lab37 43 36Darker#33110aDeep#622013Lighter#ce4e37

Shades of firebrick

Tints of firebrick

Colors that go with firebrick

Firebrick in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 68, 80, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9e331f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 68 80 38
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 67 78 44
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.

Firebrick in css

Copy #9e331f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9e331f; }
.text { color: #9e331f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9e331f; }

How firebrick looks on light and dark

Firebrick and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #9e331f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
7.13:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Textblack text on this color
2.95:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9e331f against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Firebrick on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #9e331f sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around firebrick? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn firebrick into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #9e331f and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from firebrick, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #9e331f 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.