RAL Classic color

RAL 3007 Black red #412227

RAL 3007 Black red is shown here as #412227, a widely published sRGB approximation of the printed swatch. It is a very dark grayish wine in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.295, chroma 0.048 and hue 10.1°. The nearest CSS named color is black (#000000), ΔE2000 18.8 away.

Relative luminance: 0.0241
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.295 · 0.048 · 10.1
Best text: White 14.16:1
Hue family: Pink

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#412227 color codes

HEX: #412227
RGB: rgb(65, 34, 39)
HSL: hsl(350, 31%, 19%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.295 0.048 10.1)
OKLab: oklab(0.295 0.047 0.008)
CIELAB (D65): L* 17.53, a* 15.55, b* 3.16
XYZ (D65): X 3.12, Y 2.41, Z 2.22
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 48%, 40%, 75%)

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 #412227 accessible?

White text on it reaches 14.16:1, passing AAA. Black text fails at 1.48:1.

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

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Black text on it

1.48:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc 0
Text is here, unreadable at 1.48:1
White text on it

14.16:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −103
As text on black

1.48:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc 0
Text is here, unreadable at 1.48:1
As text on white

14.16:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +100

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#412227 14.16:1

It already reaches 14.16:1 on white, so no change is needed.
For text on black

#906B6F 4.51:1

Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.30 to 0.57 reaches 4.51:1 on black, keeping the hue.

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Studio

Adjust #412227 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 #412227

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #412227 sits at step 900.

50#FFF1F3

White
1.09
Black
19.12
100#FFE3E6

White
1.20
Black
17.38
200#F2CDD1

White
1.45
Black
14.42
300#D9B2B7

White
1.90
Black
11.00
400#BD969B

White
2.62
Black
7.99
500#A17B7F

White
3.71
Black
5.65
600#886368

White
5.20
Black
4.03
700#6F4D52

White
7.34
Black
2.85
800#54363A

White
10.68
Black
1.96
900This color#412227

White
14.16
Black
1.48
950#240F12

White
18.22
Black
1.15

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

Gamut

How vivid #412227 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.118; #412227 uses 40% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.134 there: 13% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.048
sRGB edge: 0.118
Display P3 edge: 0.134
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.156
Dominant wavelength: Complementary 494 nm
Excitation purity: 23%
Chromaticity: x 0.4022, y 0.3114

This color#412227
Most vivid in sRGB#58001F
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.295 0.134 10.1)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #412227;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.3307 0 0.1157); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #412227

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%#A09193
OKLab50%#9C898B
OKLCH50%#9C898B

Black #000000

sRGB50%#211114
OKLab50%#130708
OKLCH50%#130708

Its complement #053432

sRGB50%#232B2D
OKLab50%#2D2C2D
OKLCH50%#282A44

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #412227, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #412227 50%, white);

In use

#412227 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, 4.5:114.16:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:114.16:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:114.16:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:114.16:1 Passes

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:114.16:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.32:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:11.32:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.32:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #997378 4.52:1

Color vision

How #412227 looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 17.7; tritanopia changes it least, 2.7.

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

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#272727 ΔE2000 15.4

Distinct

Reads as near-black
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#2F2D26 ΔE2000 17.7

Distinct

Reads as near-black
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#461F24 ΔE2000 2.7

Close match

Reads as very dark muted wine
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#2B2B2B ΔE2000 15.3

Distinct

Reads as near-black

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #053432. Their lightness contrast is only 1.04:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#412227 · #053432	35.7	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#272727 · #303132	3.2	Easily confused
Deuteranopia	#2F2D26 · #2A2C32	8.6	Harder to tell apart
Tritanopia	#461F24 · #003633	38.9	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#2B2B2B · #2E2E2E	1.0	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #412227

Its complement is #053432, a very dark grayish teal, on the cool side of the wheel.

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

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Base#412227
Complement#053432

Complementary

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−30°#3D2334
Base#412227
+30°#41241A

Analogous

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Base#412227
+120°#253117
+240°#192E44

Triadic

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Base#412227
+150°#143424
+210°#08323D

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-3007: #412227;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'ral-3007': '#412227',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-ral-3007: oklch(0.295 0.048 10.1);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "ral-3007": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.2549, 0.1333, 0.1529],
        "hex": "#412227"
      },
      "$description": "RAL 3007 Black red (approximate sRGB)"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let ral3007 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.255, green: 0.133, blue: 0.153, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Ral3007 = Color(0xFF412227)
}

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.

Tools

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RAL 3007 Black red #412227

#412227 color codes

Contrast: is #412227 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #412227 live

Shades and tints of #412227

How vivid #412227 can get

Mixing #412227

#412227 in an interface

How #412227 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #412227

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

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