RAL Design

RAL 140 30 40

Rich Ultramarine

RAL 140 30 40 Rich Ultramarine is positioned at hue 140, lightness 30, and chroma 40, a deep saturated blue that evokes the concentrated pigment of historic ultramarine and lapis lazuli. It is specified for luxury brand accent elements, fine art gallery feature wall finishes, and premium automotive detail coatings. The strong chroma at low lightness produces a colour of concentrated mineral depth and regal intensity.

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Color Reference

Hex#083068
RGBrgb(8, 48, 104)
HSLhsl(215°, 86%, 22%)
CMYKcmyk(92%, 54%, 0%, 59%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue140°
Lightness30
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
8
G
48
B
104
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
12.9:1Pass
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)21
a* (Green-Red)11
b* (Blue-Yellow)-36
L* (LCh)21
C* (Chroma)38
h° (Hue)286°

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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Pairwise Contrast Ratios
1.6:1
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2.3:1
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3.8:1
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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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