Behr Rainy Season MQ5-27
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- Behr MQ5-27 on kitchen cabinets (4 photos)
- Behr Rainy Season reviews (3 photos)
- What are Behr Rainy Season undertones?
- Is Rainy Season MQ5-27 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Rainy Season
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Rainy Season MQ5-27
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Code: | MQ5-27 |
| Name: | Rainy Season |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Rainy Season?
Behr Rainy Season MQ5-27 is a muted blue-gray with a noticeable soft green cast, giving it the look of weathered sea glass rather than a pure slate blue. Its mid-tone depth keeps it present on a full wall without making a room feel overly dark. In bright daylight, the blue-gray character reads more clearly, while lower or warmer artificial light can bring forward its gentle grayness. Use it in bathrooms, bedrooms, or a home office with warm white trim, pale oak, brushed nickel, and natural linen for contrast. Rainy Season also makes a considered cabinet color beside off-white walls and light stone countertops.
Behr MQ5-27 on kitchen cabinets (4 photos)
Want a stylish kitchen? View real-life photo examples of this fascinating cool blue hue is paired with backsplashes, countertops, and hardware.
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Behr Rainy Season reviews (3 photos)
View the photos of real spaces painted with this blue that were not included in specific categories. Close-ups, painted furniture, storages and dressers, hallways, stairs and ceilings.
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What are Behr Rainy Season undertones?
Rainy Season is a midtone, 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:
135, 156, 163
Is Behr Rainy Season cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 195°, this Blue reads cool based on its HSL hue position.
MQ5-27 Rainy Season HSL code: 195, 13%, 58%
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 Rainy Season
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 Rainy Season:
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
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 Rainy Season with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 15, such as Behr Autumn Ashes and Piano Brown.
LRV of Rainy Season
Rainy Season has an LRV of 30.91% 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 30.91%, 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 | #879ca3 |
| RGB Decimal | 135, 156, 163 |
| RGB Percent | 52.94%, 61.18%, 63.92% |
| HSV | Hue: 195° Saturation: 17.18% Value: 63.92% |
| HSL | hsl(195, 13, 58) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 17.18 Magenta: 4.29 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 36.08 |
| YIQ | Y: 150.519 I: -14.763 Q: -2.264 |
| XYZ | X: 28.489 Y: 31.571 Z: 39.233 |
| CIE Lab | L:62.987 a:-5.844 b:-6.134 |
| CIE Luv | L:62.987 u:-11.439 v:-8.077 |
| Decimal | 8887459 |
| Hunter Lab | 56.188, -7.826, -2.067 |
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