Behr Harmonious PPU13-12
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| Code: | PPU13-12 |
| Name: | Harmonious |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Harmonious?
Behr Harmonious PPU13-12 is a muted blue-green with a noticeable gray cast, giving it a soft, lightly weathered appearance rather than a bright aqua look. Its cool lean is clear, but the moderate lightness keeps it from feeling icy on broad walls. In daylight, the blue-green character is most apparent, while warmer artificial lighting can make the gray component read more strongly. Use it in bathrooms, bedrooms, or a quiet home office alongside crisp white trim, pale oak, brushed nickel, and charcoal accents. Harmonious also suits painted cabinetry when paired with warm off-white walls and natural stone with subtle gray veining.
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What are Behr Harmonious undertones?
Harmonious is a mid-light, very muted muted teal-gray. The HEX sample has a subtle teal bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear teal. Warm bulbs may gray the color down, while cool daylight usually makes its blue or teal direction clearer.
HEX value:
RGB code:
155, 182, 182
Is Behr Harmonious cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 180°, this Blue reads cool based on its HSL hue position.
PPU13-12 Harmonious HSL code: 180, 16%, 66%
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 Harmonious
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 Harmonious:
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
PPU13-12
Harmonious
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 Harmonious with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 0, such as Behr Autumn Ashes and Piano Brown.
LRV of Harmonious
Harmonious has an LRV of 42.38% 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 42.38%, 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 | #9bb6b6 |
| RGB Decimal | 155, 182, 182 |
| RGB Percent | 60.78%, 71.37%, 71.37% |
| HSV | Hue: 180° Saturation: 14.84% Value: 71.37% |
| HSL | hsl(180, 16, 66) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 14.84 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 28.63 |
| YIQ | Y: 173.927 I: -16.089 Q: -5.711 |
| XYZ | X: 38.686 Y: 43.801 Z: 50.659 |
| CIE Lab | L:72.095 a:-9.174 b:-3.087 |
| CIE Luv | L:72.095 u:-14.329 v:-3.085 |
| Decimal | 10204854 |
| Hunter Lab | 66.182, -11.478, 0.944 |
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