RAL Classic color

RAL 7009 Green grey #6A6051

RAL 7009 Green grey is shown here as #6A6051, a widely published sRGB approximation of the printed swatch. It is a grayish brown in the neutral family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.494, chroma 0.026 and hue 78.0°. The nearest CSS named color is dimgray (#696969), ΔE2000 8.8 away.

Relative luminance
0.1202
OKLCH L · C · h
0.494 · 0.026 · 78.0
Best text
White 6.16:1
Hue family
Neutral
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#6A6051 color codes

HEX
#6A6051
RGB
rgb(106, 96, 81)
HSL
hsl(36, 13%, 37%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.494 0.026 78.0)
OKLab
oklab(0.494 0.005 0.026)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 41.25, a* 1.31, b* 10.03
XYZ (D65)
X 11.61, Y 12.02, Z 9.49
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 9%, 24%, 58%)

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 #6A6051 accessible?

White text on it reaches 6.16:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 3.40:1, enough for large text only.

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

    3.40:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +23

  • White text on it

    6.16:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −85

  • As text on black

    3.40:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −21

  • As text on white

    6.16:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +80

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #6A6051 6.16:1

    It already reaches 6.16:1 on white, so no change is needed.

  • For text on black

    #7D7363 4.50:1

    Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.49 to 0.56 reaches 4.50:1 on black, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

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Studio

Adjust #6A6051 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 #6A6051

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #6A6051 sits at step 700.

  1. 50#FDF4E6
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.25
  2. 100#F3EADB
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.60
  3. 200#E0D6C7
    White
    1.43
    Black
    14.61
  4. 300#C7BCAC
    White
    1.87
    Black
    11.21
  5. 400#ABA090
    White
    2.57
    Black
    8.16
  6. 500#8F8575
    White
    3.63
    Black
    5.77
  7. 600#776D5E
    White
    5.08
    Black
    4.13
  8. 700This color#6A6051
    White
    6.16
    Black
    3.40
  9. 800#473E31
    White
    10.49
    Black
    2.00
  10. 900#2F281C
    White
    14.57
    Black
    1.44
  11. 950#1B150C
    White
    18.11
    Black
    1.15

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

Gamut

How vivid #6A6051 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.103; #6A6051 uses 26% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.119 there: 15% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.026
sRGB edge
0.103
Display P3 edge
0.119
Rec. 2020 edge
0.121
Dominant wavelength
578 nm
Excitation purity
20%
Chromaticity
x 0.3505, y 0.3630
  • This color#6A6051
  • Most vivid in sRGB#815900
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.494 0.119 78.0)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #6a6051;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.4977 0.3483 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #6A6051

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%#B5B0A8
  • OKLab50%#B2ACA4
  • OKLCH50%#B2ACA4

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#353029
  • OKLab50%#24201A
  • OKLCH50%#24201A

Its complement #586271

  • sRGB50%#616161
  • OKLab50%#616161
  • OKLCH50%#6E5B64
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #6a6051, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #6a6051 50%, white);

In use

#6A6051 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, 4.5:16.16:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:16.16:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:16.16:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:16.16:1 Passes

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:16.16:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.03:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:13.03:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.03:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #867B6C 4.51:1

Color vision

How #6A6051 looks with color blindness

Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 9.6; deuteranopia changes it least, 3.4.

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

    #646050 ΔE2000 3.7

    Close match

    Reads as grayish brown

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #676251 ΔE2000 3.4

    Close match

    Reads as grayish brown

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #6E5D5C ΔE2000 9.6

    Noticeable

    Reads as grayish brown

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #616161 ΔE2000 8.3

    Noticeable

    Reads as dark gray

Pairing check

A near-neutral has no complementary hue to pair with, so tell it apart from neighboring grays by lightness contrast alone.

Harmony

Color harmonies for #6A6051

Its complement is #586271, a grayish blue.

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

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#6A6051
  • Complement#586271

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#6F5D55
  • Base#6A6051
  • +30°#636352

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#6A6051
  • +120°#506667
  • +240°#685D6C

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#6A6051
  • +150°#52656E
  • +210°#605F70

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-7009: #6a6051;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'ral-7009': '#6a6051',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-ral-7009: oklch(0.494 0.026 78.0);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "ral-7009": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.4157, 0.3765, 0.3176],
        "hex": "#6a6051"
      },
      "$description": "RAL 7009 Green grey (approximate sRGB)"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let ral7009 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.416, green: 0.376, blue: 0.318, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Ral7009 = Color(0xFF6A6051)
}

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 #6A6051 in the tools

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