#451E18#451E18

#451E18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.062 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451E18
RGB	rgb(69, 30, 24)
HSL	hsl(8, 48%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(8, 65%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 65.2%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.80, 18.10, 12.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.80, 22.18, 35.31°)
OKLab	oklab(28.96% 0.0532 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(28.96% 0.062 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.0836, 2.2601, 1.1378)
Luminance	0.0226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451E18 #183F45

analogous

#451828 #451E18 #453418

triadic

#451E18 #18451E #1E1845

tetradic

#451E18 #284518 #183F45 #341845

square

#451E18 #284518 #183F45 #341845

split-complementary

#451E18 #184534 #182845

monochromatic

#170A08 #180A08 #451E18 #723228 #A04538

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.46

#451E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#451E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451E18

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451E18	1.00	14.46	1.45	14.46
#FFFFFF	14.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312D17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C171D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 30, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.062 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5b54',
    500: '#451e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451e18;
$custom-light: #7c5b54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28961,
    "c": 0.06154,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451E18

secondary

#3D737C

accent

#C6D850

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EEE9E7

border

#C9C5C3

text

#0A0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #451E18

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

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