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Rainy Season

Behr MQ5-27

HEX
#879CA3
RGB
135, 156, 163
LAB
63.0, -5.8, -6.1
LRV
≈ 32
Family
Grayish Blue, cool
Nearest RAL
7001 Silver Grey
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With an LRV of about 32, Rainy Season 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.

Rainy Season in other brands

  • Tide Tikkurila L491 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
  • Symmetry Johnstone's Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
  • Sky Dark Asian Paints 9472 Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
  • Palmer Dulux Australia SG5C3 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
  • Water's Benjamin Moore 1635 Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
  • Whale Of A Time Berger Paints 8T2669 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Behr

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Rainy Season warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -6.1 and a value of -5.8 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Rainy Season?

Tide (L491), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Rainy Season?

≈ 32. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.