RAL and NCS values are nearest equivalents, not official designations.
In Western contexts, Brick Red is often associated with warmth, home, and resilience, symbolizing the strength of community structures. Conversely, in Eastern cultures, it can represent joy and celebration, contrasting with its more somber connotations in the West.
The term 'brick red' has been in use since at least the 16th century, derived from the reddish-brown color of fired clay bricks. This shade gained prominence in architecture and design during the Industrial Revolution, when mass production made bricks a common building material.
Ranked by CIE76 ΔE — the perceptual distance from Brick Red. Lower ΔE means a closer match (below ~2 is barely distinguishable).
All 33 Reds →Nine steps of Brick Red by lightness — from #6A222C (darkest) to #E49CA6 (lightest). Click any to copy.
Sitting opposite Brick Red at 172° on the color wheel, these give the highest-contrast pairings.
Curated 5-color combinations featuring Brick Red.
A 50–900 tonal scale with Brick Red anchored at 500 — ready to drop into a design system. Click any step to copy.
Works well as text on light backgrounds; fails on dark.
Thresholds: AA needs 4.5:1 (normal text) / 3:1 (large); AAA needs 7:1 / 4.5:1. Large = 18pt+ or 14pt+ bold.
Copy-ready values for CSS, screen and print, plus the extra conversions designers reach for.
color: #CB4154; color-mix(in srgb, #CB4154 70%, white) 352°, 68%, 80% 0, 68, 59, 20 13320532 #CC3366 How Brick Red appears to viewers with the three main types of color blindness (~1 in 12 men, 1 in 200 women). Simulated approximations.