Behr Pale Cornflower S520-1
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- Behr Pale Cornflower reviews (23 photos)
- What are Behr Pale Cornflower undertones?
- Is Pale Cornflower S520-1 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Pale Cornflower
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Pale Cornflower S520-1
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Code: | S520-1 |
| Name: | Pale Cornflower |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Pale Cornflower?
Behr Pale Cornflower S520-1 is a light, muted blue with a soft gray cast that keeps it from reading overly sweet or bright. Its high value makes it especially useful on bedroom, bathroom, or laundry room walls where a gentle wash of color is wanted without visual weight. In daylight, Pale Cornflower can appear airy and clean, while lower or warmer artificial light may bring its gray side forward. Pair it with crisp white trim, pale oak, brushed nickel, and charcoal accents for a cool, tailored look. It also suits a full-room wall color better than a small accent, where its subtle blue character has room to register.
Behr Pale Cornflower reviews (23 photos)
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What are Behr Pale Cornflower undertones?
Pale Cornflower is a 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:
206, 217, 225
Is Behr Pale Cornflower cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 205°, this Blue reads cool based on its HSL hue position.
S520-1 Pale Cornflower HSL code: 205, 24%, 85%
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 Pale Cornflower
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:
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Pale Cornflower:
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
S520-1
Pale Cornflower
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 Pale Cornflower with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 25, such as Behr Autumn Ashes and Piano Brown.
LRV of Pale Cornflower
Pale Cornflower has an LRV of 67.56% and refers to Light colors that reflect most 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 67.56%, 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
We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models
| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #ced9e1 |
| RGB Decimal | 206, 217, 225 |
| RGB Percent | 80.78%, 85.10%, 88.24% |
| HSV | Hue: 205° Saturation: 8.44% Value: 88.24% |
| HSL | hsl(205, 24, 85) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 8.44 Magenta: 3.56 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 11.76 |
| YIQ | Y: 214.623 I: -9.126 Q: 0.163 |
| XYZ | X: 63.853 Y: 68.183 Z: 81.01 |
| CIE Lab | L:86.098 a:-2.167 b:-5.196 |
| CIE Luv | L:86.098 u:-6.432 v:-7.632 |
| Decimal | 13556193 |
| Hunter Lab | 82.573, -6.47, -0.367 |
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