RAL 7043 Traffic Grey B

With an LRV of about 8, RAL 7043 Traffic Grey B 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. #4F5250 is a screen approximation of RAL 7043; sources list slightly different HEX values, so check a RAL card before ordering paint.

RAL 7043 Traffic Grey B in other brands

• Hempel 17730 Hempel Gray Very close ΔE 0.0
• Antimony Asian Paints 8309 Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Summer Shadow Johnstone's Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Metal .05 Colorhouse Metal-05 Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• Enigma Nippon Paint NP AC 3454A Gray Very close ΔE 1.4
• TVT Q835 Tikkurila Gray Very close ΔE 1.4

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Nearby RAL greys

Questions

What is the HEX code of RAL 7043?

#4F5250 on screen, RGB 79, 82, 80. RAL is a physical standard, so check a RAL card before ordering paint.

Is RAL 7043 Traffic Grey B warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.6 and b value of 0.7 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Hempel color to RAL 7043 Traffic Grey B?

Hempel 17730 (17730), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of RAL 7043 Traffic Grey B?

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