Firebrick

#bb2f36

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 confident. 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 #bb2f36, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bb2f36

RGB187, 47, 54

HSL357, 60%, 46%

HSV357, 75%, 73%

CMYK0%, 75%, 71%, 27%

Lab42.56, 55.41, 30.29

XYZ22.18, 12.86, 4.8

Decimal12267318

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone200 C

Shades of firebrick

#ab2b31 #9a272d #8a2328 #7a1f23 #6a1b1f #59161a #491215 #390e10 #290a0c #180607

Tints of firebrick

#cd373f #d24c52 #d76066 #dc757a #e18a8e #e79ea2 #ecb3b6 #f1c7ca #f6dcdd #fbf1f1

Colors that go with firebrick

Complementary#2fbbb4 Analogous#bb2f7c Analogous#bb6e2f Triadic#36bb2f Triadic#2f36bb Split complementary#2fbb6e Split complementary#2f7cbb

Firebrick in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 75, 71, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bb2f36 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 75 71 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 73 69 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Firebrick in css

Copy #bb2f36 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bb2f36; }
.text { color: #bb2f36; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bb2f36; }

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 #bb2f36 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bb2f36 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Firebrick on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bb2f36 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn firebrick into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bb2f36 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 #bb2f36 are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.