RAL Design

RAL 250 50 25

Bright Rust

RAL 250 50 25 Bright Rust is positioned at hue 250, lightness 50, and chroma 25, a vibrant mid-tone orange with the fresh appeal of new rust on weathering steel and the warm glow of orange carnelian. Designers specify it for creative branding elements, exhibition graphic panels, and contemporary furniture finishes. The balanced lightness and moderate-high chroma create a colour that is warm, invigorating, and unmistakably expressive.

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Technical Reference

Color Reference

Hex#A04830
RGBrgb(160, 72, 48)
HSLhsl(13°, 54%, 41%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 55%, 70%, 37%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue250°
Lightness50
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
160
G
72
B
48
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
6.1:1Pass
Black text
3.5:1Fail

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)42
a* (Green-Red)35
b* (Blue-Yellow)32
L* (LCh)42
C* (Chroma)47
h° (Hue)42°

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 Bright Rust

Palette Generator

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
1.3:1
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2:1
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2.9:1
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2.4:1

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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