Firebrick

#bd1e23

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 #bd1e23, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bd1e23

RGB189, 30, 35

HSL358, 73%, 43%

HSV358, 84%, 74%

CMYK0%, 84%, 81%, 26%

Lab41.01, 60.13, 39.72

XYZ21.75, 11.87, 2.73

Decimal12394019

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone1805 C

Shades of firebrick

#ad1b20 #9c191d #8c161a #7c1417 #6c1114 #5b0f11 #4b0c0e #3b090b #2b0708 #1a0405

Tints of firebrick

#d52227 #df3338 #e24b4f #e66266 #ea7a7d #ee9194 #f1a9ab #f5c0c2 #f9d8d9 #fdf0f0

Colors that go with firebrick

Complementary#1ebdb8 Analogous#bd1e72 Analogous#bd691e Triadic#23bd1e Triadic#1e23bd Split complementary#1ebd69 Split complementary#1e72bd

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, 84, 81, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bd1e23 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 84 81 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 81 79 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 #bd1e23 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bd1e23; }
.text { color: #bd1e23; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bd1e23; }

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 #bd1e23 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bd1e23 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 #bd1e23 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 #bd1e23 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

The figures for #bd1e23 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.