RAL Design

RAL 000 70 00

Medium Light Grey

RAL 000 70 00 Medium Light Grey holds lightness 70 on the grey axis, landing in the upper-middle range of the neutral scale where grey begins to assert its own visual presence. This balanced tone is widely used for handrails, machine guards, and commercial flooring accent strips. It provides enough contrast against both light and dark surroundings to serve functional and aesthetic roles equally well.

Time9:36 AM
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Technical Reference

Color Reference

Hex#ADADAD
RGBrgb(173, 173, 173)
HSLhsl(0°, 0%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 32%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue0°
Lightness70
Chroma0

The RAL Design system uses Hue-Lightness-Chroma (HLC) notation. Hue describes the color family (0-360°), Lightness describes brightness (0-100), and Chroma describes saturation intensity (0-100+).

Color Analysis
RGB Composition
R
173
G
173
B
173
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
2.2:1Fail
Black text
9.4:1Pass

WCAG 2.1 AA requires 4.5:1 contrast for normal text. Results show this color as a background.

Spectrum & Perceptual Position

Hue Spectrum
60°120°180°240°300°360°
CIELAB a*b* Chromaticity
-3003060-3003060a* (Green ← → Red)b* (Blue ← → Yellow)
L* (Lightness)71
a* (Green-Red)0
b* (Blue-Yellow)0
L* (LCh)71
C* (Chroma)0
h° (Hue)158°

CIELAB is a perceptually uniform color space. Euclidean distance between two colors in this diagram closely matches human visual difference. The dot size shows your selected color; slightly larger dots are the nearest perceptual neighbors.

Color Harmonies

Build a Palette Around Medium Light Grey

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Select a harmony type, then press Space to reroll unlocked colors.

1 locked / 4 free

Reference + opposite hue with tonal variations

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Split Comp +
Pairwise Contrast Ratios
1.1:1
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1.7:1
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1.8:1
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1.6:1

Contrast ratios follow WCAG 2.1 guidelines. Green (≥4.5:1) passes AA for normal text. Amber (≥3:1) passes for large text only. Grey indicates low contrast.

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