RAL Classic color

RAL 4002 Red violet #922B3E

RAL 4002 Red violet is shown here as #922B3E, a widely published sRGB approximation of the printed swatch. It is a dark soft wine in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.452, chroma 0.138 and hue 13.9°. The nearest CSS named color is brown (#A52A2A), ΔE2000 9.1 away.

Relative luminance
0.0819
OKLCH L · C · h
0.452 · 0.138 · 13.9
Best text
White 7.96:1
Hue family
Pink

#922B3E color codes

HEX
#922B3E
RGB
rgb(146, 43, 62)
HSL
hsl(349, 54%, 37%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.452 0.138 13.9)
OKLab
oklab(0.452 0.133 0.033)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 34.37, a* 44.33, b* 13.27
XYZ (D65)
X 13.59, Y 8.19, Z 5.42
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 71%, 58%, 43%)

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 #922B3E accessible?

White text on it reaches 7.96:1, passing AAA. Black text fails at 2.63:1.

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

    2.63:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +17
  • White text on it

    7.96:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −91
  • As text on black

    2.63:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −15
  • As text on white

    7.96:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +86

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #922B3E 7.96:1

    It already reaches 7.96:1 on white, so no change is needed.

  • For text on black

    #BC5260 4.51:1

    Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.45 to 0.58 reaches 4.51:1 on black, keeping the hue.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #922B3E 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 #922B3E

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #922B3E sits at step 700.

  1. 50#FFF1F2
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.11
  2. 100#FFE3E5
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.37
  3. 200#FFC7CB
    White
    1.47
    Black
    14.28
  4. 300#FF9EA7
    White
    1.96
    Black
    10.70
  5. 400#E97B88
    White
    2.74
    Black
    7.65
  6. 500#CB5F6D
    White
    3.89
    Black
    5.39
  7. 600#AF4756
    White
    5.44
    Black
    3.85
  8. 700This color#922B3E
    White
    7.96
    Black
    2.63
  9. 800#73162B
    White
    11.17
    Black
    1.87
  10. 900#530017
    White
    15.21
    Black
    1.38
  11. 950#32000A
    White
    18.42
    Black
    1.14

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

Gamut

How vivid #922B3E can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.181; #922B3E uses 76% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.204 there: 13% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.138
sRGB edge
0.181
Display P3 edge
0.204
Rec. 2020 edge
0.238
Dominant wavelength
683 nm
Excitation purity
44%
Chromaticity
x 0.4996, y 0.3011
  • This color#922B3E
  • Most vivid in sRGB#A10036
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.452 0.204 13.9)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #922b3e;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.6049 0 0.2036); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #922B3E

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%#C9959F
  • OKLab50%#CE9599
  • OKLCH50%#CE9599

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#49161F
  • OKLab50%#350A12
  • OKLCH50%#350A12

Its complement #006362

  • sRGB50%#494750
  • OKLab50%#664F50
  • OKLCH50%#5F5800
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #922b3e, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #922b3e 50%, white);

In use

#922B3E 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, 4.5:17.96:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:17.96:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:17.96:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:17.96:1 Passes

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:17.96:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.35:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:12.35:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.35:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #C65B69 4.55:1

Color vision

How #922B3E looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 32.3; tritanopia changes it least, 4.3.

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

    #45433E ΔE2000 26.1

    Distinct

    Reads as dark gray

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #5F593B ΔE2000 32.3

    Distinct

    Reads as dark grayish brown

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #A01433 ΔE2000 4.3

    Close match

    Reads as dark vivid red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #515151 ΔE2000 24.5

    Distinct

    Reads as dark gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #006362. Their lightness contrast is only 1.12:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#922B3E · #00636249.0Stays distinct
Protanopia#45433E · #5C5D6210.9Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#5F593B · #50546322.6Stays distinct
Tritanopia#A01433 · #00666253.1Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#515151 · #5858582.5Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #922B3E

Its complement is #006362, a dark muted teal, on the cool 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#922B3E
  • Complement#006362

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#872F68
  • Base#922B3E
  • +30°#8E3600
  • Base#922B3E
  • +120°#356400
  • +240°#09559F
  • Base#922B3E
  • +150°#006647
  • +210°#005F78

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-4002: #922b3e;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'ral-4002': '#922b3e',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-ral-4002: oklch(0.452 0.138 13.9);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "ral-4002": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.5725, 0.1686, 0.2431],
        "hex": "#922b3e"
      },
      "$description": "RAL 4002 Red violet (approximate sRGB)"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let ral4002 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.573, green: 0.169, blue: 0.243, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Ral4002 = Color(0xFF922B3E)
}

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

Open #922B3E in the tools

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