Behr Spacious Skies P500-1
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- Behr Spacious Skies reviews (23 photos)
- What are Behr Spacious Skies undertones?
- Is Spacious Skies P500-1 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Spacious Skies
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Spacious Skies P500-1
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Code: | P500-1 |
| Name: | Spacious Skies |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Spacious Skies?
Behr Spacious Skies P500-1 is a very light, airy blue with a clean cool cast and a faint aqua lean. Its high brightness keeps it from feeling heavy, making it especially useful for walls in small bathrooms, laundry rooms, or bedrooms that need a clearer sense of daylight. In direct natural light, Spacious Skies reads crisp and nearly icy, while lower or warmer artificial light can soften its blue appearance. Pair it with bright white trim, pale gray tile, light oak, or brushed nickel for a fresh, uncluttered look. This shade is best used across broad wall surfaces rather than as a dramatic accent, since its subtle color is part of its appeal.
Behr Spacious Skies reviews (23 photos)
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What are Behr Spacious Skies undertones?
Spacious Skies is a near-white, very muted cool off-white. 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:
213, 234, 242
Is Behr Spacious Skies cool or warm?
warm
cool
At 197° on the HSL hue wheel, this Blue falls clearly in the cool range.
P500-1 Spacious Skies HSL code: 197, 53%, 89%
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 Spacious Skies
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 Spacious Skies:
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.
Darker shades
P500-1
Spacious Skies
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 Spacious Skies with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 17, such as Behr Chocolate Soul and Library Leather.
LRV of Spacious Skies
Spacious Skies has an LRV of 77.98% and refers to Off‑White 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 77.98%, 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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Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models
| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #d5eaf2 |
| RGB Decimal | 213, 234, 242 |
| RGB Percent | 83.53%, 91.76%, 94.90% |
| HSV | Hue: 197° Saturation: 11.98% Value: 94.9% |
| HSL | hsl(197, 53, 89) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 11.98 Magenta: 3.31 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 5.1 |
| YIQ | Y: 228.633 I: -15.085 Q: -1.953 |
| XYZ | X: 72.885 Y: 79.401 Z: 95.466 |
| CIE Lab | L:91.416 a:-5.344 b:-6.223 |
| CIE Luv | L:91.416 u:-11.629 v:-8.779 |
| Decimal | 14019314 |
| Hunter Lab | 89.107, -9.934, -1.146 |
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