RAL 010 40 53 — Primal red
This is the most saturated colour hue 010 contains. Not only at lightness 40 — in the entire hue no shade goes higher than saturation 53.
| Colour code | RAL 010 40 53 |
| Name | Primal red |
| Collection | RAL Design System plus |
| Colour group | Kleurtoon 010 |
| Lightness | L* 40 |
| Chroma | C*ab 53 |
| Lab | 41,2 · 58,1 · 14,3 |
| Hex (indicative) | #B5224D |
| Light reflectance value (LRV) | 14.24— official RAL value |
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About RAL 010 40 53
That the maximum lies precisely here is no coincidence. Saturation needs light in order to be visible and pigment in order to be carried; too dark and too little comes back, too light and too much white plays through. The optimum lies in the mid-dark region, and for red specifically around L* 40.
Compare that with the warm hues: in the yellow region the system runs on to saturation 90. Red does not get there, and that is not a limitation of RAL but of what pigment can do. Anyone looking for a more intense red than this is looking for something that does not exist in an opaque form.
The end value of 53 instead of 55 marks that limit exactly.
| English | Primal red |