Firebrick

#a31e18

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

Firebrick lands in the red band, deep and strong. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Firebrick color values

Every conversion for #a31e18, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a31e18

RGB163, 30, 24

HSL3, 74%, 37%

HSV3, 85%, 64%

CMYK0%, 82%, 85%, 36%

Lab35.56, 52.3, 38.62

XYZ15.73, 8.78, 1.73

Decimal10690072

Web safe#993300

Pantone484 C

Shades of firebrick

#951b16 #881914 #7a1612 #6c1410 #5f110e #510f0c #440c0a #360a08 #280706 #1b0504

Tints of firebrick

#be231c #d82820 #e13d35 #e55650 #e9706a #ed8a85 #f1a3a0 #f5bdba #f9d6d5 #fdf0ef

Colors that go with firebrick

Complementary#189da3 Analogous#a31857 Analogous#a36318 Triadic#18a31e Triadic#1e18a3 Split complementary#18a363 Split complementary#1857a3

Firebrick in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 82, 85, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a31e18 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 82 85 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 79 82 42

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Firebrick in css

Copy #a31e18 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a31e18; }
.text { color: #a31e18; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a31e18; }

How firebrick looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Firebrick and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a31e18 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a31e18 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Firebrick on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a31e18 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn firebrick into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a31e18 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 firebrick, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #a31e18 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.