RAL Design

RAL 300 20 10

Deep Forest Floor

RAL 300 20 10 Deep Forest Floor sits at hue 300, lightness 20, and chroma 10 in the RAL Design system, producing a very dark muted lime green that evokes the concentrated depth of decomposing leaves on a forest floor and the shadowed interior of ancient woodland hollows. This intense tone is favoured for nature reserve signage elements, heritage conservatory frame finishes, and woodland museum display cases. Its low lightness and restrained chroma create a colour that reads nearly black yet reveals a cool olive-green heart under direct illumination.

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Technical Reference

Color Reference

Hex#283810
RGBrgb(40, 56, 16)
HSLhsl(84°, 56%, 14%)
CMYKcmyk(29%, 0%, 71%, 78%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue300°
Lightness20
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
40
G
56
B
16
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
12.6:1Pass
Black text
1.7:1Fail

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)21
a* (Green-Red)-14
b* (Blue-Yellow)22
L* (LCh)21
C* (Chroma)27
h° (Hue)123°

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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Pairwise Contrast Ratios
1.3:1
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1.3:1
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1.2:1

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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