Firebrick

#bc2832

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

Firebrick lands in the red band, mid and strong. A mid red this confident is a natural for retail signage and calls to action. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Firebrick color values

Every conversion for #bc2832, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc2832

RGB188, 40, 50

HSL356, 65%, 45%

HSV356, 79%, 74%

CMYK0%, 79%, 73%, 26%

Lab41.91, 57.74, 31.97

XYZ22.07, 12.44, 4.26

Decimal12331058

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone200 C

Shades of firebrick

#ac252e #9b2129 #8b1e25 #7b1a21 #6b171c #5a1318 #4a1014 #3a0c0f #2a090b #190507

Tints of firebrick

#d22d38 #d7424c #db5861 #e06e75 #e5838a #e9999f #eeafb3 #f3c5c8 #f7dbdc #fcf0f1

Colors that go with firebrick

Complementary#28bcb2 Analogous#bc287c Analogous#bc6828 Triadic#32bc28 Triadic#2832bc Split complementary#28bc68 Split complementary#287cbc

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, 79, 73, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc2832 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 79 73 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 77 71 32

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 #bc2832 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc2832; }
.text { color: #bc2832; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc2832; }

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 #bc2832 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc2832 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 #bc2832 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 #bc2832 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 #bc2832 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.