RAL Design

RAL 160 30 35

Rich Lapis

RAL 160 30 35 Rich Lapis is positioned at hue 160, lightness 30, and chroma 35, a deep saturated blue-violet that evokes the concentrated pigment of crushed lapis lazuli and deep twilight skies. 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 atmospheric intensity.

Time9:36 AM
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Technical Reference

Color Reference

Hex#142460
RGBrgb(20, 36, 96)
HSLhsl(227°, 66%, 23%)
CMYKcmyk(79%, 63%, 0%, 62%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue160°
Lightness30
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
20
G
36
B
96
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
14.5:1Pass
Black text
1.5:1Fail

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)17
a* (Green-Red)17
b* (Blue-Yellow)-38
L* (LCh)17
C* (Chroma)41
h° (Hue)295°

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
#5
Split Comp +
Pairwise Contrast Ratios
2.1:1
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2:1
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3.8:1
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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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