RAL Design

RAL 310 75 10

Soft Herb Garden

RAL 310 75 10 Soft Herb Garden is positioned at hue 310, lightness 75, and chroma 10, a gentle muted green-yellow with the quiet freshness of a herb garden at dawn and the soft glow of sun-bleached garden linen. It is widely used for nursery interior walls, bridal boutique surfaces, and pastel-forward colour schemes in residential design. The restrained chroma at this light level gives it a timeless, pastoral quality that pairs beautifully with natural wood and woven textiles.

Time9:36 AM
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Technical Reference

Color Reference

Hex#B0BCA0
RGBrgb(176, 188, 160)
HSLhsl(86°, 17%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(6%, 0%, 15%, 26%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue310°
Lightness75
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
176
G
188
B
160
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
2:1Fail
Black text
10.5:1Pass

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)75
a* (Green-Red)-9
b* (Blue-Yellow)13
L* (LCh)75
C* (Chroma)16
h° (Hue)126°

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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Reference + opposite hue with tonal variations

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Pairwise Contrast Ratios
1.3:1
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1.7:1
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2.7:1
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2.2:1

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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