Firebrick

#bd453c

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 soft. 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 #bd453c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bd453c
RGB189, 69, 60
HSL4, 52%, 49%
HSV4, 68%, 74%
CMYK0%, 63%, 68%, 26%
Lab46.18, 47.71, 31.16
XYZ23.93, 15.4, 5.99
Decimal12404028
Web safe#cc3333
Pantone1797 C
Pantone1797 CHex#bd453cRgb189 69 60Cmyk0 63 68 26Lab46 48 31Darker#511d1aDeep#87312bLighter#cc7a74

Shades of firebrick

Tints of firebrick

Colors that go with firebrick

Firebrick in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 63, 68, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bd453c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 63 68 26
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 62 67 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 #bd453c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bd453c; }
.text { color: #bd453c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bd453c; }

How firebrick looks on light and dark

Firebrick and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #bd453c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
5.15:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
4.08:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bd453c 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 #bd453c sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #bd453c and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #bd453c is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.