Firebrick

#ca3e2c

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. 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 #ca3e2c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ca3e2c

RGB202, 62, 44

HSL7, 64%, 48%

HSV7, 78%, 79%

CMYK0%, 69%, 78%, 21%

Lab47.21, 54.31, 41.91

XYZ26.53, 16.18, 4.11

Decimal13254188

Web safe#cc3333

Pantone180 C

Shades of firebrick

#b83928 #a73324 #952e20 #83281d #722319 #601d15 #4e1811 #3d130d #2b0d09 #190805

Tints of firebrick

#d44c3a #d95e4f #dd7163 #e18377 #e6968b #eaa89f #efbab4 #f3cdc8 #f7dfdc #fcf2f0

Colors that go with firebrick

Complementary#2cb8ca Analogous#ca2c69 Analogous#ca8d2c Triadic#2cca3e Triadic#3e2cca Split complementary#2cca8d Split complementary#2c69ca

Firebrick in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 69, 78, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ca3e2c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 69 78 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 67 76 27

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 #ca3e2c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ca3e2c; }
.text { color: #ca3e2c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ca3e2c; }

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 #ca3e2c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ca3e2c 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 #ca3e2c 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 #ca3e2c 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

Every value on this page for #ca3e2c is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.