#450B16#450B16

#450B16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.1% C 0.087 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#450B16
RGB	rgb(69, 11, 22)
HSL	hsl(349, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(349, 84%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.1%, 68.1%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.00, 27.91, 9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.00, 29.42, 18.42°)
OKLab	oklab(26.1% 0.0837 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(26.1% 0.087 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.7190, 1.5629, 0.9174)
Luminance	0.0156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#450B16 #0B453A

analogous

#450B33 #450B16 #451D0B

triadic

#450B16 #16450B #0B1645

tetradic

#450B16 #33450B #0B453A #1D0B45

square

#450B16 #33450B #0B453A #1D0B45

split-complementary

#450B16 #0B451D #0B3345

monochromatic

#1A0408 #1A0408 #450B16 #7A1327 #AF1C38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.00

#450B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#450B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #450B16

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##450B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##450B16	1.00	16.00	1.31	16.00
#FFFFFF	16.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B1A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A2614

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C0010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #450b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 11, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.1% 0.087 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5052',
    500: '#450b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #450b16;
$custom-light: #7d5052;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#450b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.621,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26095,
    "c": 0.08673,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#450B16

secondary

#2A8171

accent

#EFCD39

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0A0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #450B16

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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