#45231E#45231E

#45231E is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.053 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45231E
RGB	rgb(69, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(8, 39%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(8, 57%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.3%, 56.5%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.19, 15.56, 10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.19, 18.77, 33.99°)
OKLab	oklab(30.07% 0.0463 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(30.07% 0.053 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.2898, 2.5613, 1.5492)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45231E #1E4045

analogous

#451E2D #45231E #45371E

triadic

#45231E #1E4523 #231E45

tetradic

#45231E #2D451E #1E4045 #371E45

square

#45231E #2D451E #1E4045 #371E45

split-complementary

#45231E #1E4537 #1E2D45

monochromatic

#150B09 #1A0D0B #45231E #703931 #9A4E43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.89

#45231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#45231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #45231E

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##45231E	1.00	13.89	1.51	13.89
#FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B281D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332F1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B1E22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.053 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5e59',
    500: '#45231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45231e;
$custom-light: #7b5e59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.692,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30068,
    "c": 0.0531,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45231E

secondary

#45737A

accent

#C0CF59

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EEE9E9

border

#C9C5C5

text

#0A0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #45231E

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

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