RAL 5000 Violet Blue

With an LRV of about 7, RAL 5000 Violet 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. RAL does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color. RAL is a physical standard. #384E6F is a screen approximation of RAL 5000; sources list slightly different HEX values, so check a RAL card before ordering paint.

RAL 5000 Violet Blue in other brands

• Black Violet Pratt & Lambert 28-15 Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Blue Uniform KILZ RC130-02 Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Airforce Dulux Australia S39D8 Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• IKEA122 IKEA Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Blue Funk MyPerfectColor MP2098 Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Hempel 34062 Hempel Blue Very close ΔE 1.7

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Nearby RAL blues

Questions

What is the HEX code of RAL 5000?

#384E6F on screen, RGB 56, 78, 111. RAL is a physical standard, so check a RAL card before ordering paint.

Is RAL 5000 Violet Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -21.6 and a value of 1.5 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Pratt & Lambert color to RAL 5000 Violet Blue?

Black Violet (28-15), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of RAL 5000 Violet Blue?

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