Firebrick

#b9442c

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

Firebrick lands in the red band, mid and strong. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. 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 #b9442c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b9442c

RGB185, 68, 44

HSL10, 62%, 45%

HSV10, 76%, 73%

CMYK0%, 63%, 76%, 27%

Lab45.12, 45.97, 38.79

XYZ22.53, 14.63, 4.02

Decimal12141612

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone180 C

Shades of firebrick

#a93e28 #993824 #893221 #792c1d #692719 #592115 #491b11 #39150e #290f0a #190906

Tints of firebrick

#ce4c31 #d35e47 #d8715c #dd8371 #e29686 #e7a89c #ecbbb1 #f1cdc6 #f7e0db #fcf2f1

Colors that go with firebrick

Complementary#2ca1b9 Analogous#b92c5a Analogous#b98a2c Triadic#2cb944 Triadic#442cb9 Split complementary#2cb98a Split complementary#2c5ab9

Firebrick in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 63, 76, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b9442c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 63 76 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 62 74 33

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 #b9442c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b9442c; }
.text { color: #b9442c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b9442c; }

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 #b9442c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b9442c 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 #b9442c 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 #b9442c 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 #b9442c come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.