Dolphin Blue

With an LRV of about 31, Dolphin Blue is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Dolphin Blue in other brands

• Casa del Mar Plascon B2-C1-4 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.5
• Rocky Reef Nippon Paint NP N 3295T Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Winter Teal 2 Dulux UK 1187316 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Bewilder C2 Paint C2-732 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Serene Stream Glidden PPG1154-5 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.5
• Serene Stream PPG 1154-5 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Atmosphere Behr QE-51 Grayish Blue
• Relaxed Blue Behr BIC-22 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as grayish blue
• Protanopia Reads as grayish blue
• Tritanopia Reads as grayish green
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns green
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Dolphin Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -9.9 and a value of -8.2 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Plascon color to Dolphin Blue?

Casa del Mar (B2-C1-4), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Dolphin Blue?

≈ 31. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.