RAL Classic color

RAL 5009 Azure blue #025669

RAL 5009 Azure blue is shown here as #025669, a widely published sRGB approximation of the printed swatch. It is a dark muted blue in the cyan family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.419, chroma 0.075 and hue 219.7°. The nearest CSS named color is darkslategray (#2F4F4F), ΔE2000 9.0 away.

Relative luminance
0.0769
OKLCH L · C · h
0.419 · 0.075 · 219.7
Best text
White 8.27:1
Hue family
Cyan
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#025669 color codes

HEX
#025669
RGB
rgb(2, 86, 105)
HSL
hsl(191, 96%, 21%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.419 0.075 219.7)
OKLab
oklab(0.419 -0.058 -0.048)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 33.32, a* -14.61, b* -17.17
XYZ (D65)
X 5.90, Y 7.69, Z 14.53
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(98%, 18%, 0%, 59%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

RAL and RAL Classic are trademarks of RAL gGmbH, which this site is not affiliated with. The sRGB value is an approximation of the printed swatch; check a physical RAL color card before you specify a paint.

Legibility

Contrast: is #025669 accessible?

White text on it reaches 8.27:1, passing AAA. Black text fails at 2.53:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

  • Black text on it

    2.53:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +15

  • White text on it

    8.27:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −92

  • As text on black

    2.53:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −14

  • As text on white

    8.27:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +88

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #025669 8.27:1

    It already reaches 8.27:1 on white, so no change is needed.

  • For text on black

    #387D91 4.51:1

    Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.42 to 0.55 reaches 4.51:1 on black, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

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Studio

Adjust #025669 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #025669

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #025669 sits at step 700.

  1. 50#E6F9FF
    White
    1.08
    Black
    19.35
  2. 100#CDF3FF
    White
    1.17
    Black
    17.86
  3. 200#A6E3F6
    White
    1.40
    Black
    14.93
  4. 300#89C9DD
    White
    1.83
    Black
    11.46
  5. 400#6AADC1
    White
    2.51
    Black
    8.36
  6. 500#4D91A5
    White
    3.55
    Black
    5.90
  7. 600#34798D
    White
    4.92
    Black
    4.26
  8. 700This color#025669
    White
    8.27
    Black
    2.53
  9. 800#004858
    White
    10.15
    Black
    2.06
  10. 900#002E3A
    White
    14.46
    Black
    1.45
  11. 950#001A21
    White
    17.95
    Black
    1.16

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #025669 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.076; #025669 uses 99% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.101 there: 33% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.075
sRGB edge
0.076
Display P3 edge
0.101
Rec. 2020 edge
0.173
Dominant wavelength
485 nm
Excitation purity
42%
Chromaticity
x 0.2098, y 0.2733
  • This color#025669
  • Most vivid in sRGB#005669
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.419 0.101 219.7)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #025669;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0 0.339 0.4376); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #025669

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

  • sRGB50%#81ABB4
  • OKLab50%#88A7B2
  • OKLCH50%#88A7B2

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#012B35
  • OKLab50%#001C24
  • OKLCH50%#001C24

Its complement #6F3D2C

  • sRGB50%#394A4B
  • OKLab50%#4D4C4D
  • OKLCH50%#59406C
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #025669, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #025669 50%, white);

In use

#025669 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:18.27:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:18.27:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:18.27:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:18.27:1 Passes

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:18.27:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.26:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:12.26:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.26:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #42869A 4.55:1

Color vision

How #025669 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 17.0; tritanopia changes it least, 9.7.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #4A536A ΔE2000 16.4

    Distinct

    Reads as dark grayish blue

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #3E4B69 ΔE2000 16.3

    Distinct

    Reads as dark muted blue

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #005C5C ΔE2000 9.7

    Noticeable

    Reads as dark muted teal

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #4E4E4E ΔE2000 17.0

    Distinct

    Reads as dark gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #6F3D2C. Their lightness contrast is only 1.06:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#025669 · #6F3D2C40.5Stays distinct
Protanopia#4A536A · #4A442A25.5Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#3E4B69 · #564E2B30.6Stays distinct
Tritanopia#005C5C · #79343943.6Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#4E4E4E · #4A4A4A1.4Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #025669

Its complement is #6F3D2C, a dark muted brown, on the warm side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#025669
  • Complement#6F3D2C

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#005955
  • Base#025669
  • +30°#2A4F74

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#025669
  • +120°#683C5A
  • +240°#574D15

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#025669
  • +150°#703A44
  • +210°#674518

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-ral-5009: #025669;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'ral-5009': '#025669',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-ral-5009: oklch(0.419 0.075 219.7);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "ral-5009": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.0078, 0.3373, 0.4118],
        "hex": "#025669"
      },
      "$description": "RAL 5009 Azure blue (approximate sRGB)"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let ral5009 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.008, green: 0.337, blue: 0.412, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Ral5009 = Color(0xFF025669)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #025669 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.