Behr Baby Aqua M440-3
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| Code: | M440-3 |
| Name: | Baby Aqua |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Baby Aqua?
Behr Baby Aqua M440-3 is a light, muted aqua with a noticeable green cast beneath its soft blue surface. Its restrained saturation keeps it from reading sugary or overly coastal, giving walls a gently washed, airy look. In bright daylight, Baby Aqua appears cleaner and slightly bluer, while warm indoor lighting can draw out its subdued gray-green side. It suits bathrooms, bedrooms, laundry rooms, and sunlit kitchens, especially alongside warm white trim, pale oak, woven natural fibers, and brushed nickel. For contrast, pair this shade with deep charcoal, matte black details, or a dark blue-green accent.
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What are Behr Baby Aqua undertones?
Baby Aqua is a mid-light, muted light blue-green. The HEX sample leans teal; 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:
171, 204, 195
Is Behr Baby Aqua cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 164°, this Green reads cool based on its HSL hue position.
M440-3 Baby Aqua HSL code: 164, 24%, 74%
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 Baby Aqua
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 Green shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Baby Aqua:
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
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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 Baby Aqua with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 344, such as Behr Plum Royale and Folklore.
LRV of Baby Aqua
Baby Aqua has an LRV of 53.36% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half of the incident 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 53.36%, 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 | #abccc3 |
| RGB Decimal | 171, 204, 195 |
| RGB Percent | 67.06%, 80.00%, 76.47% |
| HSV | Hue: 164° Saturation: 16.18% Value: 80.0% |
| HSL | hsl(164, 24, 74) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 16.18 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 4.41 Key: 20.0 |
| YIQ | Y: 193.107 I: -16.773 Q: -9.782 |
| XYZ | X: 48.235 Y: 55.783 Z: 59.841 |
| CIE Lab | L:79.49 a:-12.775 b:0.814 |
| CIE Luv | L:79.49 u:-17.145 v:3.399 |
| Decimal | 11259075 |
| Hunter Lab | 74.688, -15.425, 4.778 |
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