RAL Design

RAL 220 40 30

Vivid Scarlet

RAL 220 40 30 Vivid Scarlet occupies hue 220, lightness 40, and chroma 30, a bold high-chroma warm red that captures the electric intensity of scarlet enamel and the vivid glow of red jasper. Designers choose it for emergency signage elements, creative brand accent surfaces, and bold architectural feature walls. The strong chroma at moderate-dark lightness delivers a colour that is both passionate and strikingly commanding in any built environment.

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Technical Reference

Color Reference

Hex#881818
RGBrgb(136, 24, 24)
HSLhsl(0°, 70%, 31%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 82%, 82%, 47%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue220°
Lightness40
Chroma30

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
136
G
24
B
24
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
9.6:1Pass
Black text
2.2:1Fail

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)29
a* (Green-Red)46
b* (Blue-Yellow)31
L* (LCh)29
C* (Chroma)55
h° (Hue)34°

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

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Split Comp +
Pairwise Contrast Ratios
2.3:1
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1.5:1
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3.1:1
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2.5:1

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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