RAL Design

RAL 160 20 15

Deep Midnight Violet

RAL 160 20 15 Deep Midnight Violet sits at hue 160, lightness 20, and chroma 15 in the RAL Design system, producing a very dark muted blue-violet that evokes the solemn depth of midnight skies and deep amethyst caverns. This restrained tone is favoured for theatre interior finishes, observatory structural panelling, and formal reception details. Its low lightness and moderate chroma create a colour that reads nearly black in shadow yet reveals a violet-blue undertone under direct light.

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Technical Reference

Color Reference

Hex#202840
RGBrgb(32, 40, 64)
HSLhsl(225°, 33%, 19%)
CMYKcmyk(50%, 38%, 0%, 75%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue160°
Lightness20
Chroma15

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
32
G
40
B
64
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
14.6:1Pass
Black text
1.4:1Fail

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)16
a* (Green-Red)4
b* (Blue-Yellow)-16
L* (LCh)16
C* (Chroma)17
h° (Hue)284°

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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Reference + opposite hue with tonal variations

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Pairwise Contrast Ratios
1.2:1
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1.8:1

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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