Valspar Artisan Blue M228

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Code:M228
Name:Artisan Blue
Brand:Valspar

What color is Valspar Artisan Blue?

Let's dive into a full Artisan Blue paint color review. Take a look at pictures of real interiors and exteriors painted with beautiful M228. Find out if this gorgeous cold blue paint color would look great on your living room walls or trims, kitchen cabinet, bedroom accent wall, bathroom or house exterior.

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LRV of Artisan Blue

Artisan Blue has an LRV of 44.97% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half of the incident lightWhy LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

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 44.97%, 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

We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.

FormatCode
HEX#a3b6bb
RGB Decimal163, 182, 187
RGB Percent63.92%, 71.37%, 73.33%
HSVHue: 192° Saturation: 12.83% Value: 73.33%
HSLhsl(192, 15, 69)
CMYKCyan: 12.83 Magenta: 2.67 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 26.67
YIQY: 176.889 I: -12.929 Q: -2.463
XYZX: 40.799 Y: 44.829 Z: 53.504
CIE LabL:72.779 a:-5.497 b:-4.755
CIE LuvL:72.779 u:-10.468 v:-6.22
Decimal10729147
Hunter Lab66.955, -8.402, -0.51

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