RAL Design

RAL 010 20 30

Dark Burgundy

RAL 010 20 30 Dark Burgundy is positioned at hue 010, lightness 20, and chroma 30, a very dark red that evokes aged wine and polished mahogany. Its low lightness and moderate chroma create a colour of quiet intensity, perfect for formal entrance doors, wine bar interior panelling, and luxury leather goods hardware. In dim lighting it reads almost black, revealing its burgundy character only under direct illumination.

Time9:36 AM
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Technical Reference

Color Reference

Hex#5C1020
RGBrgb(92, 16, 32)
HSLhsl(347°, 70%, 21%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 83%, 65%, 64%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue10°
Lightness20
Chroma30

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
92
G
16
B
32
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
13.5:1Pass
Black text
1.6:1Fail

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)19
a* (Green-Red)35
b* (Blue-Yellow)11
L* (LCh)19
C* (Chroma)36
h° (Hue)18°

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 Dark Burgundy

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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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Complementary
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Complementary
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Split Comp +
Pairwise Contrast Ratios
1.7:1
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2.2:1
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3.5:1
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1.8:1

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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