Firebrick#B22222

Firebrick Hex Code: #B22222

Firebrick is a dark, vivid red. Its OKLCH lightness is 50% and chroma 0.180. Text on this color reads best in white (contrast 6.68:1).

HEX	`#B22222`
RGB	`rgb(178, 34, 34)`
HSL	`hsl(0, 68%, 42%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(0, 81%, 70%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 81%, 81%, 30%)`
OKLCH	`oklch(49.7% 0.18 26.8)`

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Contrast

White text6.68:1

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Black text3.14:1

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On white6.68:1

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On black3.14:1

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Matching colors

Complementary

#B22222Firebrick#22B2B2Light Sea Green

Analogous

#B22222Firebrick#B2226A#B26A22

Triadic

#B22222Firebrick#22B222#2222B2

Split complementary

#B22222Firebrick#22B26AMedium Sea Green#226AB2

Similar named colors

Wine Red#B11226Brown#A52A2ARust#B7410ERuby Red#9B111ESienna#A0522DBrick Red#CB4154Crimson#DC143CSaddle Brown#8B4513

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Code

CSS	`color: #B22222;`
Tailwind	`bg-[#b22222]`
SwiftUI	`Color(red: 0.698, green: 0.133, blue: 0.133)`
Android	`Color.parseColor("#B22222")`
Flutter	`Color(0xFFB22222)`

Firebrick is a CSS named color (firebrick); the value follows W3C CSS Color Module Level 4.

Frequently asked questions

What is the hex code for firebrick?

Firebrick is #B22222 in hex and rgb(178, 34, 34) in RGB.

What is firebrick in CMYK?

With the plain conversion formula it is cmyk(0, 81, 81, 30). For print, convert with your printer's ICC profile instead.

What text color works on firebrick?

White text has the higher contrast at 6.68:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text (4.5:1).