Firebrick

#a63c2c

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. 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 #a63c2c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a63c2c

RGB166, 60, 44

HSL8, 58%, 41%

HSV8, 73%, 65%

CMYK0%, 64%, 73%, 35%

Lab40.44, 42.75, 32.72

XYZ17.8, 11.52, 3.67

Decimal10894380

Web safe#993333

Pantone484 C

Shades of firebrick

#983728 #8a3224 #7b2d21 #6d271d #5f2219 #511d15 #431812 #35130e #260e0a #180906

Tints of firebrick

#bc4432 #cc513e #d26555 #d8796b #de8d81 #e4a298 #eab6ae #efcac4 #f5dedb #fbf2f1

Colors that go with firebrick

Complementary#2c96a6 Analogous#a62c59 Analogous#a6792c Triadic#2ca63c Triadic#3c2ca6 Split complementary#2ca679 Split complementary#2c59a6

Firebrick in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 64, 73, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a63c2c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 64 73 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 63 71 41

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 #a63c2c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a63c2c; }
.text { color: #a63c2c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a63c2c; }

How firebrick looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Firebrick and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a63c2c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a63c2c 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 #a63c2c 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 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 #a63c2c 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 #a63c2c are worked out. 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.