Tahoe Blue

With an LRV of about 44, Tahoe 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.

Tahoe Blue in other brands

• Tropical Sea Asian Paints 7416 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.6
• Celestine Blue Met. MyPerfectColor MP32683 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Shade Of Blue Jotun 5267 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Intricate Aqua KILZ RE240-02 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Trisha's Eyes Vista C-665 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.5
• Shallow Sea Dulux Australia S33B2 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Drip Behr S460-2 Grayish Blue
• Crashing Waves Behr S450-4 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as grayish blue
• Protanopia Reads as light gray
• Tritanopia Reads as turquoise
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Tahoe Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -8.5 and a value of -10.0 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Asian Paints color to Tahoe Blue?

Tropical Sea (7416), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Tahoe Blue?

≈ 44. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.