#452C2E#452C2E

#452C2E is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.037 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#452C2E
RGB	rgb(69, 44, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 22%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(355, 36%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 33.3%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.07, 11.90, 3.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.07, 12.38, 16.10°)
OKLab	oklab(32.41% 0.0361 0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(32.41% 0.037 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.8482, 3.2641, 3.0116)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#452C2E #2C4543

analogous

#452C3B #452C2E #45372C

triadic

#452C2E #2E452C #2C2E45

tetradic

#452C2E #3B452C #2C4543 #372C45

square

#452C2E #3B452C #2C4543 #372C45

split-complementary

#452C2E #2C4537 #2C3B45

monochromatic

#130C0C #201415 #452C2E #6A4447 #905C60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#452C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#452C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #452C2E

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##452C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##452C2E	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#30302E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36342E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2A2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #452c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 44, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.037 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796566',
    500: '#452c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #452c2e;
$custom-light: #796566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#452c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.2,
    "s": 22.124,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32414,
    "c": 0.03724,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#452C2E

secondary

#577674

accent

#BFB869

background

#F7F6F6

surface

#EDEBEB

border

#C8C6C6

text

#090506

muted

#7B7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #452C2E

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

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