Firebrick

#bc2000

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 rich. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. 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 #bc2000, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc2000

RGB188, 32, 0

HSL10, 100%, 37%

HSV10, 100%, 74%

CMYK0%, 83%, 100%, 26%

Lab40.77, 58.77, 54.1

XYZ21.26, 11.72, 1.14

Decimal12328960

Web safe#cc3300

Pantone485 C

Shades of firebrick

#ac1d00 #9d1b00 #8d1800 #7d1500 #6d1300 #5e1000 #4e0d00 #3e0b00 #2e0800 #1f0500

Tints of firebrick

#da2500 #f92a00 #ff4018 #ff5937 #ff7255 #ff8b73 #ffa492 #ffbeb0 #ffd7cf #fff0ed

Colors that go with firebrick

Complementary#009cbc Analogous#bc003e Analogous#bc7e00 Triadic#00bc20 Triadic#2000bc Split complementary#00bc7e Split complementary#003ebc

Firebrick in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 83, 100, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc2000 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 83 100 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 80 96 32

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #bc2000 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc2000; }
.text { color: #bc2000; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc2000; }

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 #bc2000 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc2000 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 #bc2000 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 #bc2000 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 #bc2000 are worked out. 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.