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Intense Teal

Sherwin-Williams 6943

HEX
#017680
RGB
1, 118, 128
LAB
45.0, -23.8, -13.4
LRV
≈ 15
Family
Teal, cool
Nearest RAL
5021 Water Blue
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With an LRV of about 15, Intense Teal 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. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Intense Teal in other brands

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

  • Warm bulb, 2700 K Close to listed
  • Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
  • Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Intense Teal warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -13.4 and a value of -23.8 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Intense Teal?

Deep Current (S31H7), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Intense Teal?

≈ 15. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.