Farrow and Ball Middle Ground 209

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What are Farrow and Ball Middle Ground undertones?
Is Middle Ground 209 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Middle Ground
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Middle Ground 209
Code:	209
Name:	Middle Ground
Brand:	Farrow and Ball

What color is Farrow and Ball Middle Ground?

Farrow and Ball Middle Ground 209 is a light, muted blue-green with a soft grey cast that keeps it from feeling overly pastel. Its cool undertone is most noticeable in clear daylight, while warmer artificial lighting can bring out its gentle green side. This shade suits bedrooms, bathrooms, and quiet living spaces where a pale wall color needs more character than plain white. Pair it with chalky whites, weathered oak, pale stone, and brushed nickel for a clean, grounded look. Middle Ground can also make kitchen cabinetry feel light and understated, especially alongside natural wood worktops or off-white tile.

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What are Farrow and Ball Middle Ground undertones?

Middle Ground appears as a light, very muted aqua-leaning green with a soft, low-saturation character. In the supplied digital sample, the visible bias leans slightly green and yellow, though that subtle shift can be hard to separate from lighting and surrounding colors. Farrow & Ball describes it as being “on the blue side of aqua,” which places the manufacturer’s description within the same blue-green family but emphasizes a cooler aqua direction. Warm artificial light may bring out a gentler yellow-green cast, while cool daylight can make its blue-green side appear clearer.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#BCCDC5

RGB code:

188, 205, 197

Is Farrow and Ball Middle Ground cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 152°, this Green reads cool based on its HSL hue position.

209 Middle Ground HSL code: 152, 15%, 77%

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 Middle Ground

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

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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 Green shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Farrow and Ball Middle Ground:

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

209
Middle Ground

23
Powder Blue

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 Middle Ground with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 332, such as Farrow and Ball Pelt and Shallot.

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Middle Ground

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Format	Code
HEX	#bccdc5
RGB Decimal	188, 205, 197
RGB Percent	73.73%, 80.39%, 77.25%
HSV	Hue: 152° Saturation: 8.29% Value: 80.39%
HSL	hsl(152, 14.53, 77.06)
CMYK	Cyan: 8.29 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 3.9 Key: 19.61
YIQ	Y: 199.005 I: -7.56 Q: -6.086
XYZ	X: 52.646 Y: 58.385 Z: 61.304
CIE Lab	L:80.952 a:-7.273 b:2.011
CIE Luv	L:80.952 u:-8.969 v:4.275
Decimal	12373445
Hunter Lab	76.41, -10.733, 5.918