Behr Flowing Breeze N480-2
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| Code: | N480-2 |
| Name: | Flowing Breeze |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Flowing Breeze?
Behr Flowing Breeze N480-2 is a light, muted blue-gray with a distinctly cool cast and soft gray grounding. Its low saturation keeps it from reading overly blue, giving walls a quiet, lightly weathered appearance rather than a crisp pastel look. In bright natural light, Flowing Breeze can show more of its airy blue side, while lower or warmer lighting tends to bring its gray component forward. It suits bedrooms, bathrooms, and calm living areas, especially alongside clean white trim, pale oak, brushed nickel, and charcoal accents. For a more layered scheme, pair this shade with warm off-whites and natural linen textures to offset its coolness.
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What are Behr Flowing Breeze undertones?
Flowing Breeze is a mid-light, very muted pale blue-gray. 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:
185, 198, 203
Is Behr Flowing Breeze cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 197°, this Blue reads cool based on its HSL hue position.
N480-2 Flowing Breeze HSL code: 197, 15%, 76%
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 Flowing Breeze
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 Blue shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Flowing Breeze:
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
N480-2
Flowing Breeze
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 Flowing Breeze with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 17, such as Behr Autumn Ashes and Piano Brown.
LRV of Flowing Breeze
Flowing Breeze has an LRV of 54.33% 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 54.33%, 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 | #b9c6cb |
| RGB Decimal | 185, 198, 203 |
| RGB Percent | 72.55%, 77.65%, 79.61% |
| HSV | Hue: 197° Saturation: 8.87% Value: 79.61% |
| HSL | hsl(197, 15, 76) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 8.87 Magenta: 2.46 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 20.39 |
| YIQ | Y: 194.683 I: -9.353 Q: -1.194 |
| XYZ | X: 50.978 Y: 55.014 Z: 64.417 |
| CIE Lab | L:79.049 a:-3.452 b:-4.019 |
| CIE Luv | L:79.049 u:-7.365 v:-5.507 |
| Decimal | 12175051 |
| Hunter Lab | 74.171, -7.116, 0.427 |
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