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Flowing Breeze

Behr N480-2

HEX
#B9C6CB
RGB
185, 198, 203
LAB
79.0, -3.5, -4.0
LRV
≈ 55
Family
Light Gray, cool
Nearest RAL
7035 Light Grey
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With an LRV of about 55, Flowing Breeze reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Flowing Breeze in other brands

Lighter and darker in Behr

How it looks with color blindness

  • Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
  • Protanopia Reads as light gray
  • Tritanopia Reads as light gray
  • Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Flowing Breeze warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -4.0 and a value of -3.5 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Pratt & Lambert color to Flowing Breeze?

Maitland Blue (26-27), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Flowing Breeze?

≈ 55. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.