Farrow and Ball Powder Blue 23

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What are Farrow and Ball Powder Blue undertones?
Is Powder Blue 23 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Powder Blue
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Powder Blue 23
Code:	23
Name:	Powder Blue
Brand:	Farrow and Ball

What color is Farrow and Ball Powder Blue?

Farrow and Ball Powder Blue 23 is a muted, light blue-green with a noticeable grey cast that keeps it from reading overly sweet or bright. Its cool-leaning character can appear a little greener in clear daylight, while softer or warmer artificial light brings out its gentle grey undertone. It is well suited to bedroom walls, bathrooms, or a calm kitchen cabinet finish, especially where a pale color is wanted without starkness. Pair this shade with off-white trim, weathered oak, brushed nickel, and soft charcoal for a grounded, quietly tonal scheme.

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What are Farrow and Ball Powder Blue undertones?

Powder Blue reads as a mid-light, very muted blue-green with a soft, grayish cast rather than a bright or saturated aqua. The supplied digital sample leans subtly green, though that bias is slight and should be treated as an impression of the sample rather than a fixed paint undertone. Farrow & Ball describes it as a “mid blue aqua,” which fits its visible blue-based character while acknowledging the green influence that gives it an aqua direction. Warm artificial light may make its muted blue-green look a little softer or grayer, while cool daylight can make the blue-aqua character appear clearer.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#A7BBB4

RGB code:

167, 187, 180

Is Farrow and Ball Powder Blue cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 159°, this Grey reads cool based on its HSL hue position.

23 Powder Blue HSL code: 159, 13%, 69%

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 Powder Blue

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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Farrow and Ball Powder Blue:

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

23
Powder Blue

209
Middle Ground

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 Powder Blue with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 339, such as Farrow and Ball Cinder Rose and Shallot.

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Powder Blue

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Format	Code
HEX	#a7bbb4
RGB Decimal	167, 187, 180
RGB Percent	65.49%, 73.33%, 70.59%
HSV	Hue: 159° Saturation: 10.7% Value: 73.33%
HSL	hsl(159, 12.82, 69.41)
CMYK	Cyan: 10.7 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 3.74 Key: 26.67
YIQ	Y: 180.222 I: -9.669 Q: -6.409
XYZ	X: 41.942 Y: 47.051 Z: 50.04
CIE Lab	L:74.222 a:-8.225 b:1.215
CIE Luv	L:74.222 u:-10.592 v:3.196
Decimal	10992564
Hunter Lab	68.594, -10.893, 4.763