Firebrick

#bc2800

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 serious. 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 #bc2800, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc2800

RGB188, 40, 0

HSL13, 100%, 37%

HSV13, 100%, 74%

CMYK0%, 79%, 100%, 26%

Lab41.55, 56.6, 54.42

XYZ21.5, 12.21, 1.22

Decimal12331008

Web safe#cc3300

Pantone485 C

Shades of firebrick

#ac2500 #9d2100 #8d1e00 #7d1b00 #6d1700 #5e1400 #4e1100 #3e0d00 #2e0a00 #1f0700

Tints of firebrick

#da2e00 #f93500 #ff4918 #ff6137 #ff7955 #ff9173 #ffa992 #ffc1b0 #ffd9cf #fff1ed

Colors that go with firebrick

Complementary#0094bc Analogous#bc0036 Analogous#bc8600 Triadic#00bc28 Triadic#2800bc Split complementary#00bc86 Split complementary#0036bc

Firebrick in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 79, 100, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc2800 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 79 100 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 77 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 #bc2800 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc2800; }
.text { color: #bc2800; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc2800; }

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 #bc2800 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc2800 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 #bc2800 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 #bc2800 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

Every value on this page for #bc2800 is computed, not guessed. 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.