Nocturne Blue

With an LRV of about 7, Nocturne 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.

Nocturne Blue in other brands

• Seaworthy Sherwin-Williams 7620 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Shadow Asian Paints 9691 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Sea Kelp Dulux Australia S34A8 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Sailor'S Coat Glidden PPG1153-7 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Sailor's Coat PPG 1153-7 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Hempel 36400 Hempel Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.8

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Nostalgic Evening Behr BNC-28 Grayish Blue
• Obsidian Stone Behr ECC-25-3 Dark Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Nocturne Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -9.5 and a value of -6.3 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Sherwin-Williams color to Nocturne Blue?

Seaworthy (7620), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Nocturne Blue?

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