RAL Design

RAL 080 55 40

Bright Meadow

RAL 080 55 40 Bright Meadow is positioned at hue 080, lightness 55, and chroma 40, a vibrant mid-tone green with the fresh appeal of sunlit meadow grass and young basil leaves. Designers specify it for organic food branding elements, kitchen accent panels, and contemporary furniture finishes. The balanced lightness and high chroma create a colour that is natural, invigorating, and unmistakably fresh.

Time9:36 AM
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Technical Reference

Color Reference

Hex#509828
RGBrgb(80, 152, 40)
HSLhsl(99°, 58%, 38%)
CMYKcmyk(47%, 0%, 74%, 40%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue80°
Lightness55
Chroma40

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
80
G
152
B
40
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
3.6:1Fail
Black text
5.9:1Pass

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)56
a* (Green-Red)-42
b* (Blue-Yellow)49
L* (LCh)56
C* (Chroma)65
h° (Hue)131°

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 Bright Meadow

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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
1.8:1
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1.9:1
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1.1:1
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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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