RAL 5005 Signal Blue

With an LRV of about 8, RAL 5005 Signal 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. #005187 is a screen approximation of RAL 5005; sources list slightly different HEX values, so check a RAL card before ordering paint.

RAL 5005 Signal Blue in other brands

• Blueblood Sherwin-Williams 6966 Blue Very close ΔE 0.4
• Cobalt Embrace Dulux UK 1977040 Blue Very close ΔE 0.6
• Dance Studio Dulux Australia S36H9 Blue Very close ΔE 0.6
• Blueberry Pratt & Lambert 26-16 Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Lazur 185 Caparol 3D Lazur 185 Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Hempel 37150 Hempel Blue Very close ΔE 0.9

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Nearby RAL blues

Questions

What is the HEX code of RAL 5005?

#005187 on screen, RGB 0, 81, 135. RAL is a physical standard, so check a RAL card before ordering paint.

Is RAL 5005 Signal Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -36.0 and a value of 0.6 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Sherwin-Williams color to RAL 5005 Signal Blue?

Blueblood (6966), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of RAL 5005 Signal Blue?

≈ 8. RAL does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.