Firebrick

#ab4839

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

This is Firebrick, a soft red sitting at 8 degrees on the wheel. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Firebrick color values

Every conversion for #ab4839, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ab4839

RGB171, 72, 57

HSL8, 50%, 45%

HSV8, 67%, 67%

CMYK0%, 58%, 67%, 33%

Lab43.64, 39.6, 29.13

XYZ19.85, 13.59, 5.45

Decimal11225145

Web safe#993333

Pantone180 C

Shades of firebrick

#9c4234 #8d3c2f #7f352a #702f25 #612920 #52231b #431c16 #351612 #26100d #170a08

Tints of firebrick

#bf5040 #c66253 #cc7467 #d3867b #da988f #e0aaa2 #e7bdb6 #edcfca #f4e1de #fbf3f2

Colors that go with firebrick

Complementary#399cab Analogous#ab3963 Analogous#ab8139 Triadic#39ab48 Triadic#4839ab Split complementary#39ab81 Split complementary#3963ab

Firebrick in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 58, 67, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ab4839 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 58 67 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 57 66 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 #ab4839 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ab4839; }
.text { color: #ab4839; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ab4839; }

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 #ab4839 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ab4839 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 #ab4839 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 #ab4839 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 #ab4839 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.