Firebrick

#aa2e28

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

Firebrick is a deep red that reads serious. 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 #aa2e28, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa2e28

RGB170, 46, 40

HSL3, 62%, 41%

HSV3, 76%, 67%

CMYK0%, 73%, 76%, 33%

Lab38.99, 49.77, 33.62

XYZ17.94, 10.65, 3.12

Decimal11152936

Web safe#993333

Pantone1805 C

Shades of firebrick

#9b2a25 #8d2621 #7e221e #701e1a #611a17 #531613 #441210 #360f0d #270b09 #190706

Tints of firebrick

#c1342d #d1413a #d65751 #db6d68 #e1837e #e69995 #ebafac #f1c5c3 #f6dbda #fcf1f1

Colors that go with firebrick

Complementary#28a4aa Analogous#aa2863 Analogous#aa6f28 Triadic#28aa2e Triadic#2e28aa Split complementary#28aa6f Split complementary#2863aa

Firebrick in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 73, 76, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa2e28 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 73 76 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 71 74 39

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 #aa2e28 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa2e28; }
.text { color: #aa2e28; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa2e28; }

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 #aa2e28 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa2e28 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 #aa2e28 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 #aa2e28 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 #aa2e28 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.