RAL Classic color

RAL 4008 Signal violet #924E7D

RAL 4008 Signal violet is shown here as #924E7D, a widely published sRGB approximation of the printed swatch. It is a soft magenta in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.521, chroma 0.109 and hue 340.0°. The nearest CSS named color is mediumvioletred (#C71585), ΔE2000 10.9 away.

Relative luminance: 0.1304
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.521 · 0.109 · 340.0
Best text: White 5.82:1
Hue family: Pink

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#924E7D color codes

HEX: #924E7D
RGB: rgb(146, 78, 125)
HSL: hsl(319, 30%, 44%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.521 0.109 340.0)
OKLab: oklab(0.521 0.103 -0.038)
CIELAB (D65): L* 42.83, a* 35.05, b* -14.04
XYZ (D65): X 18.28, Y 13.04, Z 20.95
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 47%, 14%, 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 #924E7D accessible?

White text on it reaches 5.82:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 3.60:1, 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.

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Black text on it

3.60:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +25
White text on it

5.82:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −84
As text on black

3.60:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −22
As text on white

5.82:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +78

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#924E7D 5.82:1

It already reaches 5.82:1 on white, so no change is needed.
For text on black

#A35E8D 4.54:1

Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.52 to 0.58 reaches 4.54:1 on black, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System

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Studio

Adjust #924E7D 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 #924E7D

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #924E7D sits at step 600.

50#FFF0F9

White
1.10
Black
19.08
100#FFE1F4

White
1.21
Black
17.32
200#FFC2EA

White
1.48
Black
14.15
300#EBA4D3

White
1.94
Black
10.78
400#CE86B7

White
2.72
Black
7.71
500#B26B9B

White
3.83
Black
5.46
600This color#924E7D

White
5.82
Black
3.60
700#7E3E6B

White
7.53
Black
2.78
800#612750

White
10.96
Black
1.91
900#441137

White
15.20
Black
1.38
950#2C0121

White
18.52
Black
1.13

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

Gamut

How vivid #924E7D can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.227; #924E7D uses 48% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.252 there: 11% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.109
sRGB edge: 0.227
Display P3 edge: 0.252
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.294
Dominant wavelength: Complementary 520 nm
Excitation purity: 37%
Chromaticity: x 0.3497, y 0.2495

This color#924E7D
Most vivid in sRGB#B50091
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.521 0.252 340.0)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #924e7d;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.6708 0 0.5665); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #924E7D

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%#C9A7BE
OKLab50%#CAA4BC
OKLCH50%#CAA4BC

Black #000000

sRGB50%#49273F
OKLab50%#35192C
OKLCH50%#35192C

Its complement #197C53

sRGB50%#566568
OKLab50%#696969
OKLCH50%#316CA5

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #924e7d, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #924e7d 50%, white);

In use

#924E7D 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, 4.5:15.82:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:15.82:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:15.82:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:15.82:1 Passes

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:15.82:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.21:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:13.21:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.21:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #AC6595 4.50:1

Color vision

How #924E7D looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 23.2; tritanopia changes it least, 10.3.

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

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#515E7F ΔE2000 21.9

Distinct

Reads as muted blue
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#63697B ΔE2000 21.0

Distinct

Reads as grayish blue
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#994F60 ΔE2000 10.3

Distinct

Reads as muted pink
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#656565 ΔE2000 23.2

Distinct

Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #197C53. Their lightness contrast is only 1.12:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#924E7D · #197C53	43.6	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#515E7F · #7A7251	31.0	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#63697B · #6E6956	19.2	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#994F60 · #007B71	50.0	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#656565 · #6D6D6D	3.0	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #924E7D

Its complement is #197C53, a soft green, 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#924E7D
Complement#197C53

Complementary

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−30°#7D5698
Base#924E7D
+30°#9D4C5B

Analogous

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Base#924E7D
+120°#786A00
+240°#00758F

Triadic

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Base#924E7D
+150°#54752B
+210°#007975

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-4008: #924e7d;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'ral-4008': '#924e7d',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-ral-4008: oklch(0.521 0.109 340.0);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "ral-4008": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.5725, 0.3059, 0.4902],
        "hex": "#924e7d"
      },
      "$description": "RAL 4008 Signal violet (approximate sRGB)"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let ral4008 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.573, green: 0.306, blue: 0.490, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Ral4008 = Color(0xFF924E7D)
}

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 4008 Signal violet #924E7D

#924E7D color codes

Contrast: is #924E7D 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 #924E7D live

Shades and tints of #924E7D

How vivid #924E7D can get

Mixing #924E7D

#924E7D in an interface

How #924E7D looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #924E7D

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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