#451C18#451C18

#451C18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.064 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451C18
RGB	rgb(69, 28, 24)
HSL	hsl(5, 48%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 65.2%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.32, 19.33, 12.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.32, 22.86, 32.26°)
OKLab	oklab(28.6% 0.057 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(28.6% 0.064 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.0346, 2.1620, 1.1215)
Luminance	0.0216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451C18 #184145

analogous

#45182A #451C18 #453218

triadic

#451C18 #18451C #1C1845

tetradic

#451C18 #2A4518 #184145 #321845

square

#451C18 #2A4518 #184145 #321845

split-complementary

#451C18 #184532 #182A45

monochromatic

#170908 #180A08 #451C18 #722E28 #A04138

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.66

#451C18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#451C18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451C18

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451C18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451C18	1.00	14.66	1.43	14.66
#FFFFFF	14.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302C17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C151B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451c18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 28, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.064 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5954',
    500: '#451c18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451c18;
$custom-light: #7c5954;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451c18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.333,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28595,
    "c": 0.06419,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451C18

secondary

#3D767C

accent

#CCD850

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EEE9E7

border

#C9C5C3

text

#0A0302

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #451C18

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

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