Behr Hopeful Dream M540-4
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| Code: | M540-4 |
| Name: | Hopeful Dream |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Hopeful Dream?
Behr Hopeful Dream M540-4 is a muted medium-light blue with a cool, gently softened cast. Its gray influence keeps the color from reading overly sweet or bright, while a faint periwinkle quality can emerge in daylight. On bedroom or bathroom walls, Hopeful Dream pairs well with crisp white trim, pale oak, and brushed nickel finishes. Use it with charcoal, deep navy, or dusty mauve accents for more contrast, or keep the palette light with warm off-whites and natural linen. In lower light, this shade can appear quieter and slightly grayer, making it especially suited to rooms that benefit from a calm, understated blue.
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What are Behr Hopeful Dream undertones?
Hopeful Dream is a mid-light, muted dusty 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:
149, 169, 205
Is Behr Hopeful Dream cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 219°, this Blue reads cool based on its HSL hue position.
M540-4 Hopeful Dream HSL code: 219, 36%, 69%
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 Hopeful Dream
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 Hopeful Dream:
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.
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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 Hopeful Dream with a blue hue, complementary colors are those with a orange hue close to 39, such as Behr Chicago Fog and White City.
LRV of Hopeful Dream
Hopeful Dream has an LRV of 38.83% and refers to Medium colors that reflect a lot of 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 38.83%, 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 | #95a9cd |
| RGB Decimal | 149, 169, 205 |
| RGB Percent | 58.43%, 66.27%, 80.39% |
| HSV | Hue: 219° Saturation: 27.32% Value: 80.39% |
| HSL | hsl(219, 36, 69) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 27.32 Magenta: 17.56 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 19.61 |
| YIQ | Y: 167.124 I: -23.486 Q: 6.972 |
| XYZ | X: 37.598 Y: 39.172 Z: 63.321 |
| CIE Lab | L:68.876 a:1.196 b:-20.602 |
| CIE Luv | L:68.876 u:-11.946 v:-32.088 |
| Decimal | 9808333 |
| Hunter Lab | 62.587, -2.298, -16.174 |
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