RAL Design

RAL 290 60 10

Soft Willow Haze

RAL 290 60 10 Soft Willow Haze is positioned at hue 290, lightness 60, and chroma 10, a gentle muted yellow-lime with the delicate warmth of willow catkins and the soft glow of sun-dappled meadow grass. It brings approachable freshness to hospitality interior schemes, organic brand packaging elements, and residential living room feature walls. The restrained chroma at mid-high lightness creates a colour that is atmospheric yet easy to coordinate with neutral palettes.

Time9:36 AM
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Technical Reference

Color Reference

Hex#909480
RGBrgb(144, 148, 128)
HSLhsl(72°, 9%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(3%, 0%, 14%, 42%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue290°
Lightness60
Chroma10

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
144
G
148
B
128
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
3.1:1Fail
Black text
6.7:1Pass

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)60
a* (Green-Red)-5
b* (Blue-Yellow)10
L* (LCh)60
C* (Chroma)11
h° (Hue)117°

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
1.1:1
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1.4:1
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2.9:1
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2.1:1

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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