What color is #C0392B?

#C0392B is a medium, moderately saturated red — rgb(192, 57, 43). Its nearest CSS named color is firebrick.

How do I make tints and shades of #C0392B?

Mix #C0392B with white for tints and with black for shades. A 20% tint of #C0392B is #cd6155 and a 20% shade is #9a2e22; the full 10%–90% ramps are precomputed on this page.

What text color is readable on #C0392B?

White text gives the strongest contrast on a #C0392B background at 5.44:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text but not AAA.

#C0392B — Tints, Shades & Color Values

Every value on this page is precomputed — copy what you need.

#C0392B

#C0392B is a medium, moderately saturated red. Its nearest CSS named color is firebrick (#b22222). For readable text on a #C0392B background, white text gives the strongest contrast (5.44:1). #C0392B sits in the middle of the lightness range, so it can serve as a primary brand or accent color — use its tints for backgrounds and its shades for text and pressed states.

Want to fine-tune this color interactively? Open #C0392B in the tint & shade generator to explore the full lightness, hue, and chroma scales and copy any step.

Color Values

Hex	`#C0392B`
RGB	`rgb(192, 57, 43)`
HSL	`hsl(6, 63%, 46%)`
HSV / HSB	`6°, 78%, 75%`
Nearest named	`firebrick` (`#b22222`)

Need these in another format? Use our hex to RGB converter for quick two-way conversion.

Tints of #C0392B (Mixed with White)

Each step blends the base color toward white using new = old + (255 − old) × factor. Click a swatch to open it in the generator.

10% tint #c64d40
20% tint #cd6155
30% tint #d3746b
40% tint #d98880
50% tint #e09c95
60% tint #e6b0aa
70% tint #ecc4bf
80% tint #f2d7d5
90% tint #f9ebea

Shades of #C0392B (Mixed with Black)

Each step blends the base color toward black using new = old × (1 − factor).

10% shade #ad3327
20% shade #9a2e22
30% shade #86281e
40% shade #73221a
50% shade #601d16
60% shade #4d1711
70% shade #3a110d
80% shade #260b09
90% shade #130604

WCAG Contrast & Accessibility

Contrast ratios for text placed on a #C0392B background. WCAG requires 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 3:1 for large text (AA), and 7:1 for normal text (AAA).

Text color	White text 5.44:1 — AA normal: Pass · AA large: Pass · AAA: Fail
	Black text 3.86:1 — AA normal: Fail · AA large: Pass · AAA: Fail

If neither pure white nor pure black reaches the level you need, pick a lighter tint of #C0392B from the ramps above as the background instead — small lightness moves change contrast quickly. Test any other pair with the free contrast checker.

More red colors in the library: #DC143C, #E11D48 (rose-600), #FF0000, #B91C1C (red-700), #DC2626 (red-600), #BE123C (rose-700).

Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #C0392B?

#C0392B is a medium, moderately saturated red — rgb(192, 57, 43). Its nearest CSS named color is firebrick.
How do I make tints and shades of #C0392B?

Mix #C0392B with white for tints and with black for shades. A 20% tint of #C0392B is #cd6155 and a 20% shade is #9a2e22 — the full 10%–90% ramps are precomputed on this page, or open #C0392B in the generator for finer steps.
What text color is readable on #C0392B?

White text gives the strongest contrast on a #C0392B background at 5.44:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text but not AAA.

Browse more colors in the color library, or start from any hex code on the HexTints homepage.

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