Firebrick

#ac3021

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 6 degrees on the wheel. 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 #ac3021, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ac3021

RGB172, 48, 33

HSL6, 68%, 40%

HSV6, 81%, 67%

CMYK0%, 72%, 81%, 33%

Lab39.57, 49.42, 38.26

XYZ18.34, 10.99, 2.59

Decimal11284513

Web safe#993333

Pantone1805 C

Shades of firebrick

#9d2c1e #8f281b #802419 #712016 #631c13 #541710 #46130d #370f0b #280b08 #1a0705

Tints of firebrick

#c43726 #d7412f #dc5747 #e06d5f #e58378 #ea9990 #eeafa8 #f3c5c0 #f8dbd8 #fcf1f0

Colors that go with firebrick

Complementary#219dac Analogous#ac2157 Analogous#ac7521 Triadic#21ac30 Triadic#3021ac Split complementary#21ac76 Split complementary#2157ac

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, 72, 81, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ac3021 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 72 81 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 70 79 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Firebrick in css

Copy #ac3021 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ac3021; }
.text { color: #ac3021; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ac3021; }

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 #ac3021 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ac3021 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 #ac3021 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 #ac3021 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 #ac3021 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.