Firebrick

#bb272d

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

Firebrick is a deep red that reads weighty. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Firebrick color values

Every conversion for #bb272d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb272d

RGB187, 39, 45

HSL358, 65%, 44%

HSV358, 79%, 73%

CMYK0%, 79%, 76%, 27%

Lab41.54, 57.54, 34.46

XYZ21.69, 12.21, 3.7

Decimal12265261

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone1805 C

Shades of firebrick

#ab2429 #9b2025 #8a1d21 #7a1a1d #6a161a #5a1316 #4a0f12 #3a0c0e #29090a #190506

Tints of firebrick

#d12c32 #d74046 #dc565b #e06c71 #e58286 #ea989b #eeaeb1 #f3c4c6 #f7dadb #fcf0f1

Colors that go with firebrick

Complementary#27bbb5 Analogous#bb2777 Analogous#bb6b27 Triadic#2dbb27 Triadic#272dbb Split complementary#27bb6b Split complementary#2777bb

Firebrick in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 79, 76, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb272d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 79 76 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 77 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 #bb272d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb272d; }
.text { color: #bb272d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb272d; }

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 #bb272d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb272d 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 #bb272d 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 #bb272d 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 #bb272d 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.