RAL Design

RAL 220 20 25

Deep Blood Red

RAL 220 20 25 Deep Blood Red sits at hue 220, lightness 20, and chroma 25 in the RAL Design system, producing a very dark saturated warm red that evokes the concentrated depth of dried blood and the last glow of dying coals. This intense tone is favoured for luxury theatre interior finishes, fine wine cellar accent walls, and formal reception hall panelling. Its low lightness and strong chroma create a colour that reads nearly black in shadow yet reveals a passionate crimson heart under direct illumination.

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Technical Reference

Color Reference

Hex#401010
RGBrgb(64, 16, 16)
HSLhsl(0°, 60%, 16%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 75%, 75%, 75%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue220°
Lightness20
Chroma25

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
64
G
16
B
16
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
16.2:1Pass
Black text
1.3:1Fail

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)13
a* (Green-Red)23
b* (Blue-Yellow)12
L* (LCh)13
C* (Chroma)26
h° (Hue)28°

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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Split Comp +
Pairwise Contrast Ratios
1.4:1
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1.9:1
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2.1:1
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1.4:1

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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