Firebrick

#a72a21

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for firebrick, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Firebrick lands in the red band, deep and strong. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. 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 #a72a21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a72a21

RGB167, 42, 33

HSL4, 67%, 39%

HSV4, 80%, 65%

CMYK0%, 75%, 80%, 35%

Lab37.81, 49.99, 36.18

XYZ17.04, 9.98, 2.47

Decimal10955297

Web safe#993333

Pantone1805 C

Shades of firebrick

#99261e #8b231b #7d1f19 #6e1c16 #601813 #521510 #44110d #360e0b #280a08 #1a0605

Tints of firebrick

#bf3026 #d5382d #da4f45 #df665e #e47d76 #e9958f #eeaca7 #f2c3bf #f7dad8 #fcf1f0

Colors that go with firebrick

Complementary#219ea7 Analogous#a7215b Analogous#a76d21 Triadic#21a72a Triadic#2a21a7 Split complementary#21a76d Split complementary#215ba7

Firebrick in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 75, 80, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a72a21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 75 80 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 73 78 41

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 #a72a21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a72a21; }
.text { color: #a72a21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a72a21; }

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 #a72a21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a72a21 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 #a72a21 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 #a72a21 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 #a72a21 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.