Behr Ocean Swell PPU25-19
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| Code: | PPU25-19 |
| Name: | Ocean Swell |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Ocean Swell?
Behr Ocean Swell PPU25-19 is a muted medium blue-gray with a faint cool, green-blue cast visible beneath its gray base. Its low saturation keeps it restrained rather than overtly coastal, making it useful when a room needs color without a strong blue statement. In bright daylight, Ocean Swell can read cleaner and slightly bluer, while lower or warmer lighting tends to draw out its softened charcoal-gray side. Try it on bedroom, bath, or office walls with crisp white trim, pale oak, brushed nickel, and soft ivory textiles. It also has enough depth for a painted cabinet or exterior accent paired with warm stone, concrete, or weathered wood.
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What are Behr Ocean Swell undertones?
Ocean Swell is a midtone, very muted deep 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:
114, 124, 126
Is Behr Ocean Swell cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 190°, this black leans cool, but it is near the neutral line and may feel warmer in certain lighting.
PPU25-19 Ocean Swell HSL code: 190, 5%, 47%
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 Ocean Swell
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 Ocean Swell:
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
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Ocean Swell
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 Ocean Swell with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 10, such as Behr Autumn Ashes and Piano Brown.
LRV of Ocean Swell
Ocean Swell has an LRV of 19.37% 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 19.37%, 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 | #727c7e |
| RGB Decimal | 114, 124, 126 |
| RGB Percent | 44.71%, 48.63%, 49.41% |
| HSV | Hue: 190° Saturation: 9.52% Value: 49.41% |
| HSL | hsl(190, 5, 47) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 9.52 Magenta: 1.59 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 50.59 |
| YIQ | Y: 121.238 I: -6.602 Q: -1.493 |
| XYZ | X: 17.912 Y: 19.499 Z: 22.553 |
| CIE Lab | L:51.266 a:-3.276 b:-2.359 |
| CIE Luv | L:51.266 u:-5.547 v:-2.762 |
| Decimal | 7502974 |
| Hunter Lab | 44.157, -4.87, 0.628 |
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