Firebrick

#c52d2e

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 #c52d2e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c52d2e

RGB197, 45, 46

HSL360, 63%, 47%

HSV360, 77%, 77%

CMYK0%, 77%, 77%, 23%

Lab44.15, 58.74, 37.3

XYZ24.46, 13.94, 3.99

Decimal12922158

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone1797 C

Shades of firebrick

#b4292a #a32526 #912122 #801d1e #6f191a #5e1516 #4d1112 #3b0e0e #2a0a0a #190606

Tints of firebrick

#d2393a #d64e4e #db6263 #e07677 #e48b8b #e99fa0 #eeb3b4 #f2c8c8 #f7dcdc #fcf0f1

Colors that go with firebrick

Complementary#2dc5c4 Analogous#c52d7a Analogous#c5782d Triadic#2ec52d Triadic#2d2ec5 Split complementary#2dc578 Split complementary#2d7ac5

Firebrick in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 77, 77, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c52d2e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 77 77 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 75 75 29

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 #c52d2e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c52d2e; }
.text { color: #c52d2e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c52d2e; }

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 #c52d2e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c52d2e 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 #c52d2e 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 #c52d2e 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 #c52d2e are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.