#451E16#451E16

#451E16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.062 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451E16
RGB	rgb(69, 30, 22)
HSL	hsl(10, 52%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(10, 68%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 68.1%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.76, 17.93, 14.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.76, 22.84, 38.28°)
OKLab	oklab(28.92% 0.0522 0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(28.92% 0.062 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.0636, 2.2520, 1.0323)
Luminance	0.0225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451E16 #163D45

analogous

#451625 #451E16 #453516

triadic

#451E16 #16451E #1E1645

tetradic

#451E16 #254516 #163D45 #351645

square

#451E16 #254516 #163D45 #351645

split-complementary

#451E16 #164535 #162545

monochromatic

#170A07 #170A07 #451E16 #733225 #A24634

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.48

#451E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#451E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451E16

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451E16	1.00	14.48	1.45	14.48
#FFFFFF	14.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312D15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C171C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 30, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.062 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5b53',
    500: '#451e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451e16;
$custom-light: #7c5b53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.213,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28918,
    "c": 0.0622,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451E16

secondary

#3A717C

accent

#C3DB4D

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EEE9E7

border

#C9C5C3

text

#0A0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #451E16

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

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