Firebrick

#bd2d30

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 confident. 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 #bd2d30, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bd2d30

RGB189, 45, 48

HSL359, 62%, 46%

HSV359, 76%, 74%

CMYK0%, 76%, 75%, 26%

Lab42.63, 56.41, 34.02

XYZ22.46, 12.91, 4.1

Decimal12397872

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone1797 C

Shades of firebrick

#ad292c #9c2528 #8c2123 #7b1d1f #6b191b #5a1617 #4a1213 #3a0e0f #290a0a #190606

Tints of firebrick

#cf3538 #d44a4d #d95f61 #de7376 #e3888a #e89d9f #edb2b3 #f2c7c8 #f7dcdc #fcf1f1

Colors that go with firebrick

Complementary#2dbdba Analogous#bd2d78 Analogous#bd722d Triadic#30bd2d Triadic#2d30bd Split complementary#2dbd72 Split complementary#2d78bd

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, 76, 75, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bd2d30 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 76 75 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 74 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Firebrick in css

Copy #bd2d30 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bd2d30; }
.text { color: #bd2d30; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bd2d30; }

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 #bd2d30 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bd2d30 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 #bd2d30 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 #bd2d30 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 #bd2d30 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.