Behr City Rain PPU25-21
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| Code: | PPU25-21 |
| Name: | City Rain |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr City Rain?
Behr City Rain PPU25-21 is a deep, muted blue-gray with a cool, lightly smoky cast. Its medium-dark value gives walls clear definition without reading as black, especially when paired with crisp white trim or pale gray flooring. In bright daylight, the blue-gray character is more apparent, while evening lighting can make this shade look closer to soft charcoal. Use it in a study, dining room, or bedroom for a grounded backdrop, or apply it to cabinetry for contrast against light stone counters. Natural oak, black metal, brushed nickel, and warm off-whites provide especially pleasing counterpoints.
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What are Behr City Rain undertones?
City Rain is a deep, very muted slate blue. The HEX sample has a subtle blue bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear blue. Warm bulbs may gray the color down, while cool daylight usually makes its blue or teal direction clearer.
HEX value:
RGB code:
82, 92, 97
Is Behr City Rain cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 200°, this black leans cool, but it is near the neutral line and may feel warmer in certain lighting.
PPU25-21 City Rain HSL code: 200, 8%, 35%
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 City Rain
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 black shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr City Rain:
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
PPU25-21
City Rain
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 City Rain with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 20, such as Behr Autumn Ashes and Piano Brown.
LRV of City Rain
City Rain has an LRV of 10.32% 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 10.32%, 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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Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models
| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #525c61 |
| RGB Decimal | 82, 92, 97 |
| RGB Percent | 32.16%, 36.08%, 38.04% |
| HSV | Hue: 200° Saturation: 15.46% Value: 38.04% |
| HSL | hsl(200, 8, 35) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 15.46 Magenta: 5.15 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 61.96 |
| YIQ | Y: 89.58 I: -7.566 Q: -0.559 |
| XYZ | X: 9.464 Y: 10.311 Z: 12.798 |
| CIE Lab | L:38.395 a:-2.715 b:-4.184 |
| CIE Luv | L:38.395 u:-5.451 v:-5.051 |
| Decimal | 5397601 |
| Hunter Lab | 32.111, -3.586, -1.152 |
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