Firebrick

#bc2f2f

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 #bc2f2f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bc2f2f

RGB188, 47, 47

HSL0, 60%, 46%

HSV0, 75%, 74%

CMYK0%, 75%, 75%, 26%

Lab42.66, 55.41, 34.58

XYZ22.27, 12.93, 4.01

Decimal12332847

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone1797 C

Shades of firebrick

#ac2b2b #9b2727 #8b2323 #7b1f1f #6a1b1b #5a1616 #4a1212 #390e0e #290a0a #180606

Tints of firebrick

#cd3838 #d24c4c #d76161 #dd7575 #e28a8a #e79e9e #ecb3b3 #f1c8c8 #f6dcdc #fbf1f1

Colors that go with firebrick

Complementary#2fbcbc Analogous#bc2f76 Analogous#bc762f Triadic#2fbc2f Triadic#2f2fbc Split complementary#2fbc76 Split complementary#2f75bc

Firebrick in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 75, 75, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bc2f2f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 75 75 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 73 73 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Firebrick in css

Copy #bc2f2f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bc2f2f; }
.text { color: #bc2f2f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bc2f2f; }

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 #bc2f2f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bc2f2f 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 #bc2f2f 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 #bc2f2f 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 #bc2f2f 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.