Firebrick

#b04439

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 6 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 #b04439, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b04439

RGB176, 68, 57

HSL6, 51%, 46%

HSV6, 68%, 69%

CMYK0%, 61%, 68%, 31%

Lab43.74, 43.37, 29.45

XYZ20.71, 13.66, 5.42

Decimal11551801

Web safe#993333

Pantone180 C

Shades of firebrick

#a13e34 #91382f #82322a #732c25 #642620 #54211b #451b16 #361511 #260f0c #170907

Tints of firebrick

#c24d41 #c86055 #ce7268 #d5847c #db9790 #e1a9a3 #e8bbb7 #eececa #f4e0de #fbf2f2

Colors that go with firebrick

Complementary#39a5b0 Analogous#b03969 Analogous#b08039 Triadic#39b044 Triadic#4439b0 Split complementary#39b080 Split complementary#3969b0

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, 61, 68, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b04439 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 61 68 31

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 60 67 37

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 #b04439 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b04439; }
.text { color: #b04439; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b04439; }

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 #b04439 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b04439 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 #b04439 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 #b04439 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 #b04439 are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.