RAL Design

RAL 100 20 10

Deep Spruce

RAL 100 20 10 Deep Spruce sits at hue 100, lightness 20, and chroma 10 in the RAL Design system, producing a very dark muted blue-green with the depth of old spruce bark and deep tidal pools. This restrained tone is favoured for heritage park gate finishes, coastal shelter exterior trim, and conservation area fencing details. Its low lightness and minimal chroma create a colour that reads nearly black in shadow yet reveals a cool blue-green undertone under direct light.

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Technical Reference

Color Reference

Hex#283830
RGBrgb(40, 56, 48)
HSLhsl(150°, 17%, 19%)
CMYKcmyk(29%, 0%, 14%, 78%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue100°
Lightness20
Chroma10

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
40
G
56
B
48
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
12.4:1Pass
Black text
1.7:1Fail

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)22
a* (Green-Red)-9
b* (Blue-Yellow)3
L* (LCh)22
C* (Chroma)9
h° (Hue)161°

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 Deep Spruce

Palette Generator

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

1 locked / 4 free

Reference + opposite hue with tonal variations

#3
Complementary
#4
Complementary
#5
Split Comp +
Pairwise Contrast Ratios
1.1:1
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1.4:1
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1.9:1
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1.7:1

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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