Valspar UK Maritime Hush R199C
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- Maritime Hush for living room (2 photos)
- Valspar UK Maritime Hush reviews (2 photos)
- What are Valspar UK Maritime Hush undertones?
- Is Maritime Hush R199C cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Maritime Hush
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Maritime Hush R199C |
| Code: | R199C |
| Name: | Maritime Hush |
| Brand: | Valspar UK |
What color is Valspar UK Maritime Hush?
Valspar UK Maritime Hush R199C is a muted mid-tone blue-grey with a cool, softly weathered cast. Its restrained saturation keeps it from reading as overtly blue, so it can look more slate-grey in low light or north-facing rooms. In brighter daylight, the blue note becomes clearer without turning sharp. It suits bedrooms, bathrooms, and studies particularly well on full walls, where its gentle depth gives pale trim and warm white ceilings definition. Pair Maritime Hush with chalky whites, charcoal details, pale oak, brushed nickel, or linen fabrics in stone and oatmeal tones.
Maritime Hush for living room (2 photos)
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Valspar UK Maritime Hush reviews (2 photos)
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What are Valspar UK Maritime Hush undertones?
Maritime Hush is a midtone, very muted blue-gray. 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:
138, 153, 163
Is Valspar UK Maritime Hush cool or warm?
With a hue of 204°, this Blue reads cool based on its HSL hue position.
R199C Maritime Hush HSL code: 204, 12%, 59%
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 Maritime Hush
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 Valspar UK Maritime Hush:
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
R199C
Maritime Hush
Darker shades
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 Maritime Hush with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 24, such as Valspar UK Silver Mauve and Smooth Pebbles.
Color codes
We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models
| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #8a99a3 |
| RGB Decimal | 138, 153, 163 |
| RGB Percent | 54.12%, 60.00%, 63.92% |
| HSV | Hue: 204° Saturation: 15.34% Value: 63.92% |
| HSL | hsl(204, 11.96, 59.02) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 15.34 Magenta: 6.13 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 36.08 |
| YIQ | Y: 149.655 I: -12.152 Q: -0.061 |
| XYZ | X: 28.481 Y: 30.829 Z: 39.091 |
| CIE Lab | L:62.363 a:-3.186 b:-7.036 |
| CIE Luv | L:62.363 u:-8.532 v:-9.83 |
| Decimal | 9083299 |
| Hunter Lab | 55.524, -5.606, -2.875 |
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