Navy Blue

With an LRV of about 7, Navy Blue absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Navy Blue in other brands

• Indigo KILZ RH220 Blue Very close ΔE 0.5
• Dragonfly Glidden PPG1162-7 Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Dragonfly PPG 1162-7 Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Oceanos Plascon B6-C1-1 Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Starlit Night 1 Dulux UK 1187695 Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Alaskan Cruise Dulux Australia S41E8 Blue Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Sailor Behr S-H-600 Blue
• Black Smoke Behr PPH-34 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as blue
• Protanopia Reads as blue
• Tritanopia Reads as teal
• Achromatopsia Reads as dark gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns grayish blue
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns dark blue
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Navy Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -25.8 and a value of 3.6 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest KILZ color to Navy Blue?

Indigo (RH220), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Navy Blue?

≈ 7. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.