Behr Express Blue M500-6
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| Code: | M500-6 |
| Name: | Express Blue |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Express Blue?
Behr Express Blue M500-6 is a medium-deep blue with a muted slate character that keeps it from reading overly bright or nautical. Its cool blue base carries a subtle gray cast, giving walls a grounded, slightly weathered appearance in daylight. In lower light, Express Blue can look deeper and more reserved, making it especially effective for a study, dining room, powder room, or bedroom accent wall. Pair it with warm white trim, pale oak, aged brass, and soft putty or sand-colored textiles to bring warmth around the color. It also has enough depth for painted cabinetry or a front door where a clear but understated blue is wanted.
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What are Behr Express Blue undertones?
Express Blue is a deep, 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:
57, 90, 115
Is Behr Express Blue cool or warm?
warm
cool
At 206° on the HSL hue wheel, this dark blue falls clearly in the cool range.
M500-6 Express Blue HSL code: 206, 34%, 34%
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 Express Blue
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:
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Express Blue:
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
M500-6
Express Blue
Darker shades
M500-6
Express Blue
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 Express Blue with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 26, such as Behr Tribeca and Oak Creek.
LRV of Express Blue
Express Blue has an LRV of 8.9% and refers to Dark colors which means that this color almost does not reflect 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 8.9%, 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 | #395a73 |
| RGB Decimal | 57, 90, 115 |
| RGB Percent | 22.35%, 35.29%, 45.10% |
| HSV | Hue: 206° Saturation: 50.43% Value: 45.1% |
| HSL | hsl(206, 34, 34) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 50.43 Magenta: 21.74 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 54.9 |
| YIQ | Y: 82.983 I: -27.698 Q: 0.799 |
| XYZ | X: 8.437 Y: 9.419 Z: 17.589 |
| CIE Lab | L:36.779 a:-4.458 b:-17.924 |
| CIE Luv | L:36.779 u:-14.909 v:-23.755 |
| Decimal | 3758707 |
| Hunter Lab | 30.691, -4.641, -12.495 |
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