RAL Design

RAL 010 50 58

Vivid Scarlet

RAL 010 50 58 Vivid Scarlet occupies hue 010 at lightness 50 with a chroma of 58, the peak saturation range for this red family, producing a bright, electrifying scarlet. Designers choose it for consumer product housings, exhibition graphic panels, and architectural feature walls where maximum visual impact is the goal. This is the quintessential statement red of the 010 hue group.

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Color Reference

Hex#D43040
RGBrgb(212, 48, 64)
HSLhsl(354°, 66%, 51%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 77%, 70%, 17%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue10°
Lightness50
Chroma58

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
212
G
48
B
64
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
4.9:1Pass
Black text
4.3:1Fail

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)48
a* (Green-Red)63
b* (Blue-Yellow)32
L* (LCh)48
C* (Chroma)70
h° (Hue)27°

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

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1 locked / 4 free

Reference + opposite hue with tonal variations

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Split Comp +
Pairwise Contrast Ratios
2:1
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1.3:1
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1.5:1
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1.3:1

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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