Behr Seashore Dreams P500-2
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- Behr Seashore Dreams reviews (23 photos)
- What are Behr Seashore Dreams undertones?
- Is Seashore Dreams P500-2 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Seashore Dreams
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Seashore Dreams P500-2
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Code: | P500-2 |
| Name: | Seashore Dreams |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Seashore Dreams?
Behr Seashore Dreams P500-2 is a light, airy blue with a noticeable cool cast and a soft wash of aqua. Its pale value keeps it from feeling heavy, making it well suited to bedrooms, bathrooms, and sunlit living areas where a clear, open wall color is wanted. In bright daylight, this shade can appear cleaner and slightly crisper, while lower or warmer lighting may bring out its gentler blue-green side. Pair it with clean white trim, pale oak, woven natural fibers, or muted sandy beige for contrast without overwhelming its delicate color. It also makes a fresh choice for a ceiling or an accent wall when a full room of blue feels like too much.
Behr Seashore Dreams reviews (23 photos)
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What are Behr Seashore Dreams undertones?
Seashore Dreams is a light, muted light 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:
181, 220, 239
Is Behr Seashore Dreams cool or warm?
warm
cool
At 200° on the HSL hue wheel, this Blue falls clearly in the cool range.
P500-2 Seashore Dreams HSL code: 200, 64%, 82%
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 Seashore Dreams
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 Seashore Dreams:
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
P500-2
Seashore Dreams
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 Seashore Dreams with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 20, such as Behr Peony Blush and Rust.
LRV of Seashore Dreams
Seashore Dreams has an LRV of 64.68% 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 64.68%, 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 | #b5dcef |
| RGB Decimal | 181, 220, 239 |
| RGB Percent | 70.98%, 86.27%, 93.73% |
| HSV | Hue: 200° Saturation: 24.27% Value: 93.73% |
| HSL | hsl(200, 64, 82) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 24.27 Magenta: 7.95 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 6.27 |
| YIQ | Y: 210.505 I: -29.346 Q: -2.337 |
| XYZ | X: 60.224 Y: 67.24 Z: 91.443 |
| CIE Lab | L:85.625 a:-8.588 b:-13.48 |
| CIE Luv | L:85.625 u:-20.581 v:-19.797 |
| Decimal | 11918575 |
| Hunter Lab | 82.0, -12.403, -8.718 |
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