Firebrick

#bb2f2e

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

Firebrick is a mid red that reads balanced. 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 #bb2f2e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb2f2e

RGB187, 47, 46

HSL0, 61%, 46%

HSV0, 75%, 73%

CMYK0%, 75%, 75%, 27%

Lab42.45, 55.06, 34.88

XYZ22.0, 12.8, 3.89

Decimal12267310

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone1805 C

Shades of firebrick

#ab2b2a #9b2726 #8a2322 #7a1f1e #6a1b1a #5a1716 #491212 #390e0e #290a0a #190606

Tints of firebrick

#cd3735 #d34b4a #d8605f #dd7574 #e28989 #e79e9d #ecb3b2 #f1c7c7 #f6dcdc #fbf1f1

Colors that go with firebrick

Complementary#2ebabb Analogous#bb2e73 Analogous#bb762e Triadic#2ebb2f Triadic#2f2ebb Split complementary#2ebb76 Split complementary#2e74bb

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, 75, 75, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb2f2e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 75 75 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 73 73 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 #bb2f2e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb2f2e; }
.text { color: #bb2f2e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb2f2e; }

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 #bb2f2e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb2f2e 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 #bb2f2e 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 #bb2f2e 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 #bb2f2e 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 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.