Firebrick

#a92421

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 1 degrees on the wheel. 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 #a92421, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a92421

RGB169, 36, 33

HSL1, 67%, 40%

HSV1, 80%, 66%

CMYK0%, 79%, 80%, 34%

Lab37.49, 52.61, 35.99

XYZ17.27, 9.81, 2.42

Decimal11084833

Web safe#993333

Pantone1805 C

Shades of firebrick

#9b211e #8c1e1b #7e1b19 #701816 #611513 #531210 #450f0d #360c0b #280908 #1a0505

Tints of firebrick

#c12926 #d6322e #db4946 #e0615e #e47977 #e9918f #eea9a7 #f3c1c0 #f7d8d8 #fcf0f0

Colors that go with firebrick

Complementary#21a6a9 Analogous#a92162 Analogous#a96821 Triadic#21a924 Triadic#2421a9 Split complementary#21a968 Split complementary#2162a9

Firebrick in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 79, 80, 34.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a92421 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 79 80 34

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 77 78 40

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 #a92421 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a92421; }
.text { color: #a92421; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a92421; }

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 #a92421 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a92421 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 #a92421 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 #a92421 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

The figures for #a92421 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.