RAL Design

RAL 140 40 35

Vivid Royal

RAL 140 40 35 Vivid Royal occupies hue 140, lightness 40, and chroma 35, a bold high-chroma blue that captures the intensity of royal blue heraldry and deep Mediterranean waters. Designers choose it for corporate brand accent elements, sports facility colour markings, and bold architectural feature walls. The strong chroma at moderate-dark lightness delivers a colour that is both regal and strikingly vivid.

Time9:36 AM
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Technical Reference

Color Reference

Hex#104880
RGBrgb(16, 72, 128)
HSLhsl(210°, 78%, 28%)
CMYKcmyk(88%, 44%, 0%, 50%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue140°
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
72
B
128
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
9.3:1Pass
Black text
2.3:1Fail

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)30
a* (Green-Red)5
b* (Blue-Yellow)-37
L* (LCh)30
C* (Chroma)37
h° (Hue)277°

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

#2
Complementary
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Complementary
#5
Split Comp +
Pairwise Contrast Ratios
1.2:1
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2.2:1
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3.4:1
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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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