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Airway

Benjamin Moore 828

HEX
#B5C6D8
RGB
181, 198, 216
LAB
79.1, -2.1, -10.9
LRV
≈ 55
Family
Grayish Blue, cool
Nearest RAL
7047 Tele Grey 4
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With an LRV of about 55, Airway reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Airway in other brands

  • Bruiser Blue Kelly-Moore KM238-M Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.5
  • IKEA052 IKEA Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
  • Elevated Behr S530-2 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
  • High Jump Nippon Paint NP PB 2890P Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
  • Angora Blue Dulux Australia S38E1 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
  • TVT H432 Tikkurila Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

  • Misty Benjamin Moore 820 Grayish Blue
  • Porcelain Benjamin Moore CSP-550 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Airway warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -10.9 and a value of -2.1 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Airway?

Bruiser Blue (KM238-M), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Airway?

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