Dulux Dove Slate

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What are Dulux Dove Slate undertones?
Is Dove Slate cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Dove Slate
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

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Name:	Dove Slate
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Dove Slate?

Dulux Dove Slate is a light, softly muted grey with a faint green cast that keeps it from looking flat or blue. Its low saturation gives walls a gentle, weathered appearance, especially in rooms with natural daylight. In cooler light, Dove Slate can read as a clean grey-green, while warm bulbs tend to bring out its softer neutral side. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallway walls where a pale colour is wanted without moving into stark white. Pair it with warm oak, off-white trim, linen fabrics, and charcoal or deep olive accents for a grounded scheme.

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What are Dulux Dove Slate undertones?

Dove Slate is a mid-light, near-neutral medium gray. Its chroma is so low that assigning a specific hue-based undertone would be misleading. Because it is close to neutral, nearby surfaces and the color of the light can noticeably change how warm or cool it appears.

HEX value:

#ACB0AE

RGB code:

172, 176, 174

Is Dulux Dove Slate cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 150°, this Grey leans cool, but it is near the neutral line and may feel warmer in certain lighting.

Dove Slate HSL code: 150, 2%, 68%

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 Dove Slate

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

Sunrise

Morning

Noon

Afternoon

Sunset

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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux Dove Slate:

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

Dove Slate

Darker shades

Dove Slate

62GG 31/016
Storm Clearing

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 Dove Slate with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 330, such as Dulux Decadent Damson and Himalayan Musk 6.

Dove Slate

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#ACB0AE
RGB Decimal	172, 176, 174
RGB Percent	67.45%, 69.02%, 68.24%
HSV	Hue: 150° Saturation: 2.27% Value: 69.02%
HSL	hsl(150, 2, 68)
CMYK	Cyan: 2.27 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 1.14 Key: 30.98
YIQ	Y: 174.576 I: -1.741 Q: -1.469
XYZ	X: 40.177 Y: 42.877 Z: 46.192
CIE Lab	L:71.472 a:-1.787 b:0.533
CIE Luv	L:71.472 u:-2.148 v:1.089
Decimal	11317422
Hunter Lab	65.481, -5.07, 4.011