Firebrick

#ac331c

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 10 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 #ac331c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ac331c

RGB172, 51, 28

HSL10, 72%, 39%

HSV10, 84%, 67%

CMYK0%, 70%, 84%, 33%

Lab39.95, 48.11, 41.23

XYZ18.41, 11.22, 2.29

Decimal11285276

Web safe#993333

Pantone484 C

Shades of firebrick

#9d2f1a #8f2a17 #802615 #722213 #631d10 #55190e #46150b #371009 #290c07 #1a0804

Tints of firebrick

#c53a20 #dc4427 #e05940 #e46f59 #e88572 #ec9b8b #f0b0a4 #f4c6bd #f8dcd7 #fdf2f0

Colors that go with firebrick

Complementary#1c95ac Analogous#ac1c4d Analogous#ac7b1c Triadic#1cac33 Triadic#331cac Split complementary#1cac7b Split complementary#1c4dac

Firebrick in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 70, 84, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ac331c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 70 84 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 68 81 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 #ac331c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ac331c; }
.text { color: #ac331c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ac331c; }

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 #ac331c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ac331c 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 #ac331c 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 #ac331c 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 #ac331c are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.