Behr Award Night MQ5-15
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| Code: | MQ5-15 |
| Name: | Award Night |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Award Night?
Behr Award Night MQ5-15 is a muted blue-gray with a cool cast and enough depth to read as grounded rather than pastel. Its softened, smoky character makes it especially effective in bedrooms, home offices, or a living room where a darker wall color is wanted without the heaviness of navy. In bright daylight, Award Night can show its gray side more clearly, while evening light tends to bring out the deeper blue. Pair it with warm white trim, pale oak, brushed brass, and textured linen to keep the palette from feeling too cool. It also makes a strong choice for cabinetry or an accent wall alongside light stone and soft beige furnishings.
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What are Behr Award Night undertones?
Award Night is a midtone, muted slate blue. The HEX sample leans blue; this describes its measurable digital hue direction, not a hidden paint pigment. Warm bulbs may gray the color down, while cool daylight usually makes its blue or teal direction clearer.
HEX value:
RGB code:
84, 97, 125
Is Behr Award Night cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 221°, this dark blue reads cool based on its HSL hue position.
MQ5-15 Award Night HSL code: 221, 20%, 41%
Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.
How light temperature affects Award Night
Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.
In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:
| Direction of sunlight | Visible temp. | Hue | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| North | Cool | Bluish | All day |
| East | Warm | Yellow | Before noon |
| West | Warm | Orange-red | After noon |
| South | Warm | Orange-yellow | All day |
Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this dark blue shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Award Night:
Monochromatic color scheme
This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.
Lighter shades
MQ5-15
Award Night
Darker shades
Complementary color scheme
This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Award Night with a blue hue, complementary colors are those with a orange hue close to 41, such as Behr Chicago Fog and White City.
LRV of Award Night
Award Night has an LRV of 11.94% and refers to Medium Dark which means that this color reflects very little light. Why LRV is important?
Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).
Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 11.94%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft2 living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.
Color codes
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| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #54617d |
| RGB Decimal | 84, 97, 125 |
| RGB Percent | 32.94%, 38.04%, 49.02% |
| HSV | Hue: 221° Saturation: 32.8% Value: 49.02% |
| HSL | hsl(221, 20, 41) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 32.8 Magenta: 22.4 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 50.98 |
| YIQ | Y: 96.305 I: -16.744 Q: 5.964 |
| XYZ | X: 11.631 Y: 11.914 Z: 21.083 |
| CIE Lab | L:41.08 a:2.203 b:-17.293 |
| CIE Luv | L:41.08 u:-7.68 v:-24.3 |
| Decimal | 5529981 |
| Hunter Lab | 34.517, -0.257, -12.053 |
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