RAL Design

RAL 120 40 35

Vivid Cyan

RAL 120 40 35 Vivid Cyan occupies hue 120, lightness 40, and chroma 35, a bold high-chroma cyan that captures the intensity of deep tropical waters and polished azurite. Designers choose it for tech brand accent elements, aquatic facility colour markings, and bold architectural feature walls. The strong chroma at moderate-dark lightness delivers a colour that is both mineral and strikingly vivid.

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Color Reference

Hex#106880
RGBrgb(16, 104, 128)
HSLhsl(193°, 78%, 28%)
CMYKcmyk(88%, 19%, 0%, 50%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue120°
Lightness40
Chroma35

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
16
G
104
B
128
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
6.3:1Pass
Black text
3.3:1Fail

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)41
a* (Green-Red)-15
b* (Blue-Yellow)-20
L* (LCh)41
C* (Chroma)25
h° (Hue)233°

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

1 locked / 4 free

Reference + opposite hue with tonal variations

Reference
#2
Complementary
#3
Complementary
#4
Complementary
Pairwise Contrast Ratios
1.4:1
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1.8:1
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2.7:1
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1.5:1

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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