Firebrick

#aa1e1e

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

Firebrick is a deep red that reads serious. 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 #aa1e1e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aa1e1e

RGB170, 30, 30

HSL0, 70%, 39%

HSV0, 82%, 67%

CMYK0%, 82%, 82%, 33%

Lab37.06, 54.54, 37.3

XYZ17.28, 9.57, 2.16

Decimal11148830

Web safe#993333

Pantone1805 C

Shades of firebrick

#9c1b1b #8d1919 #7f1616 #701414 #621111 #540f0f #450c0c #370a0a #280707 #1a0505

Tints of firebrick

#c32222 #d92929 #de4242 #e25b5b #e67474 #eb8c8c #efa5a5 #f4bebe #f8d7d7 #fcf0f0

Colors that go with firebrick

Complementary#1eaaaa Analogous#aa1e64 Analogous#aa641e Triadic#1eaa1e Triadic#1e1eaa Split complementary#1eaa64 Split complementary#1e64aa

Firebrick in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 82, 82, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aa1e1e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 82 82 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 79 79 39

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 #aa1e1e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aa1e1e; }
.text { color: #aa1e1e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aa1e1e; }

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 #aa1e1e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aa1e1e 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 #aa1e1e 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 #aa1e1e 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 #aa1e1e are worked out. 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.