RAL Design

RAL 240 75 20

Light Apricot

RAL 240 75 20 Light Apricot is positioned at hue 240, lightness 75, and chroma 20, a lively luminous red-orange that radiates the fresh brilliance of ripe apricot and the warm glow of amber resin in sunlight. It is widely used for children's space feature walls, creative studio interiors, and dynamic retail environment features. The elevated lightness combined with moderate chroma produces a colour that feels both fresh and appetizingly warm.

Time9:36 AM
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Technical Reference

Color Reference

Hex#D09070
RGBrgb(208, 144, 112)
HSLhsl(20°, 51%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 31%, 46%, 18%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue240°
Lightness75
Chroma20

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
208
G
144
B
112
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
2.7:1Fail
Black text
7.9:1Pass

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)65
a* (Green-Red)20
b* (Blue-Yellow)27
L* (LCh)65
C* (Chroma)34
h° (Hue)53°

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

Build a Palette Around Light Apricot

Palette Generator

Select a harmony type, then press Space to reroll unlocked colors.

1 locked / 4 free

Reference + opposite hue with tonal variations

#2
Complementary
#4
Complementary
#5
Split Comp +
Pairwise Contrast Ratios
1.1:1
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1.3:1
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1.8:1
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1.6:1

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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