#452C2D#452C2D

#452C2D is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.037 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#452C2D
RGB	rgb(69, 44, 45)
HSL	hsl(358, 22%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(358, 36%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 34.8%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.04, 11.73, 4.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.04, 12.42, 19.16°)
OKLab	oklab(32.38% 0.0357 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(32.38% 0.037 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.8287, 3.2563, 2.9090)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#452C2D #2C4544

analogous

#452C3A #452C2D #45382C

triadic

#452C2D #2D452C #2C2D45

tetradic

#452C2D #3A452C #2C4544 #382C45

square

#452C2D #3A452C #2C4544 #382C45

split-complementary

#452C2D #2C4538 #2C3A45

monochromatic

#130C0C #201415 #452C2D #6A4445 #905C5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.72

#452C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#452C2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #452C2D

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##452C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##452C2D	1.00	12.72	1.65	12.72
#FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#31302D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37342D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A292C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #452c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 44, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.037 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796565',
    500: '#452c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #452c2d;
$custom-light: #796565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#452c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.6,
    "s": 22.124,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32381,
    "c": 0.03722,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#452C2D

secondary

#577675

accent

#BFBB69

background

#F7F6F6

surface

#EDEBEB

border

#C8C6C6

text

#090505

muted

#7B7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #452C2D

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

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