Firebrick

#ae321a

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

Firebrick lands in the red band, deep and strong. 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 #ae321a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ae321a

RGB174, 50, 26

HSL10, 74%, 39%

HSV10, 85%, 68%

CMYK0%, 71%, 85%, 32%

Lab40.17, 49.12, 42.55

XYZ18.78, 11.35, 2.18

Decimal11416090

Web safe#993333

Pantone484 C

Shades of firebrick

#9f2e18 #912a16 #822513 #732111 #641d0f #56190d #47140b #381008 #290c06 #1b0804

Tints of firebrick

#c7391e #de4224 #e2583e #e66e57 #ea8470 #ed9a8a #f1b0a3 #f5c6bd #f9dcd6 #fdf2ef

Colors that go with firebrick

Complementary#1a96ae Analogous#ae1a4c Analogous#ae7c1a Triadic#1aae32 Triadic#321aae Split complementary#1aae7c Split complementary#1a4cae

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, 71, 85, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ae321a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 71 85 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 69 82 38

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #ae321a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ae321a; }
.text { color: #ae321a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ae321a; }

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 #ae321a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ae321a 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 #ae321a 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 #ae321a 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 #ae321a come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.