Firebrick

#cc3d26

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. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Firebrick color values

Every conversion for #cc3d26, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cc3d26
RGB204, 61, 38
HSL8, 69%, 47%
HSV8, 81%, 80%
CMYK0%, 70%, 81%, 20%
Lab47.38, 55.15, 45.31
XYZ26.92, 16.31, 3.56
Decimal13384998
Web safe#cc3333
Pantone180 C
Pantone180 CHex#cc3d26Rgb204 61 38Cmyk0 70 81 20Lab47 55 45Darker#541910Deep#902b1bLighter#d97160

Shades of firebrick

Tints of firebrick

Colors that go with firebrick

Firebrick in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 70, 81, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cc3d26 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 70 81 20
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 68 79 26
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 #cc3d26 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cc3d26; }
.text { color: #cc3d26; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cc3d26; }

How firebrick looks on light and dark

Firebrick and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #cc3d26 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
4.93:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
4.26:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cc3d26 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 #cc3d26 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 #cc3d26 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

Here is how the numbers for #cc3d26 are worked out. 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.