RAL Classic color

RAL 3022 Salmon pink #D95030

RAL 3022 Salmon pink is shown here as #D95030, a widely published sRGB approximation of the printed swatch. It is a vivid red in the red family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.611, chroma 0.178 and hue 34.5°. The nearest CSS named color is red (#FF0000), ΔE2000 7.2 away.

Relative luminance
0.2070
OKLCH L · C · h
0.611 · 0.178 · 34.5
Best text
Black 5.14:1
Hue family
Red

#D95030 color codes

HEX
#D95030
RGB
rgb(217, 80, 48)
HSL
hsl(11, 69%, 52%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.611 0.178 34.5)
OKLab
oklab(0.611 0.147 0.101)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 52.63, a* 52.10, b* 46.20
XYZ (D65)
X 32.02, Y 20.71, Z 5.11
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 63%, 78%, 15%)

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 #D95030 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 5.14:1, passing AA. White text manages only 4.08:1, 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

    5.14:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +37
  • White text on it

    4.08:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −72
  • As text on black

    5.14:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −34
  • As text on white

    4.08:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +67

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #D04827 4.52:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.61 to 0.59 reaches 4.52:1 on white, keeping the hue.

  • For text on black

    #D95030 5.14:1

    It already reaches 5.14:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #D95030 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 #D95030

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #D95030 sits at step 500.

  1. 50#FFF2EE
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.18
  2. 100#FFE4DE
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.40
  3. 200#FFC9BB
    White
    1.46
    Black
    14.32
  4. 300#FFA28B
    White
    1.94
    Black
    10.79
  5. 400#FB7152
    White
    2.76
    Black
    7.58
  6. 500This color#D95030
    White
    4.08
    Black
    5.14
  7. 600#BF3816
    White
    5.53
    Black
    3.79
  8. 700#9F2400
    White
    7.70
    Black
    2.72
  9. 800#761800
    White
    11.04
    Black
    1.90
  10. 900#4F0C00
    White
    15.16
    Black
    1.38
  11. 950#2F0400
    White
    18.44
    Black
    1.13

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

Gamut

How vivid #D95030 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.217; #D95030 uses 82% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.244 there: 12% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.178
sRGB edge
0.217
Display P3 edge
0.244
Rec. 2020 edge
0.244
Dominant wavelength
601 nm
Excitation purity
75%
Chromaticity
x 0.5537, y 0.3580
  • This color#D95030
  • Most vivid in sRGB#E93900
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.611 0.244 34.5)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #d95030;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.8751 0.2264 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #D95030

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%#ECA898
  • OKLab50%#F3AB99
  • OKLCH50%#F3AB99

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#6D2818
  • OKLab50%#531A0C
  • OKLCH50%#531A0C

Its complement #0093AB

  • sRGB50%#6D726E
  • OKLab50%#977C76
  • OKLCH50%#976BC8
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #d95030, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #d95030 50%, white);

In use

#D95030 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, 4.5:15.14:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.08:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:14.08:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.08:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #D04827 4.52:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:15.14:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.58:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:14.58:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.58:1 Passes

Color vision

How #D95030 looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 35.8; tritanopia changes it least, 12.1.

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

    #776A2B ΔE2000 33.3

    Distinct

    Reads as muted brown

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #99892B ΔE2000 35.8

    Distinct

    Reads as soft amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #EF2B4A ΔE2000 12.1

    Distinct

    Reads as vivid red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #7E7E7E ΔE2000 27.3

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #0093AB. Their lightness contrast is only 1.12:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#D95030 · #0093AB60.2Stays distinct
Protanopia#776A2B · #828EAC37.8Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#99892B · #6F80AB43.8Stays distinct
Tritanopia#EF2B4A · #009C9B61.2Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#7E7E7E · #8686863.0Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #D95030

Its complement is #0093AB, a soft cyan, 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#D95030
  • Complement#0093AB

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#D54A76
  • Base#D95030
  • +30°#BB6F00
  • Base#D95030
  • +120°#009D58
  • +240°#6675EC
  • Base#D95030
  • +150°#00988B
  • +210°#008AD7

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-3022: #d95030;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'ral-3022': '#d95030',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-ral-3022: oklch(0.611 0.178 34.5);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "ral-3022": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.851, 0.3137, 0.1882],
        "hex": "#d95030"
      },
      "$description": "RAL 3022 Salmon pink (approximate sRGB)"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let ral3022 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.851, green: 0.314, blue: 0.188, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Ral3022 = Color(0xFFD95030)
}

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 #D95030 in the tools

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