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Blue Silk

Blue Silk begins as a blue color on paper, then shifts with every surface, shadow and neighboring material. An LRV of 70 places it through the middle of the scale, where color and depth can remain visible as the light changes. Move between the room imagery, color measurements and coordinating shades to build a fuller sense of how it might live in your space.

LRV

70.00

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Light Reflectance Value
70.00
Light
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Blue Silk's Color Strip

Blue Silk is the second shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between Abyss and Valor. The strip spans from Abyss at the lightest end to Florentine Lapis at the deepest. Browsing strip PPG1244 alongside this color helps you gauge whether to go lighter, darker, or stay right here.

Coordinating Colors

Alpaca Wool
Blue Silk
Alpaca Wool vs Blue Silk
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Alpaca Wool
PPG14-19 · LRV 66
PPG
Blue Silk
PPG1244-2 · LRV 70

Blue Silk reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.

Trim Color

Blue Silk
Oatmeal
Oatmeal
Blue Silk vs Oatmeal
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Blue Silk
PPG1244-2 · LRV 70
PPG
Oatmeal
PPG1023-1 · LRV 76

A 6-point LRV gap (76 vs 70) makes Oatmeal the marginally brighter of the two.

Blue Silk
Delicate White
Delicate White
Blue Silk vs Delicate White
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Blue Silk
PPG1244-2 · LRV 70
PPG
Delicate White
PPG1001-1 · LRV 88

At LRV 88 vs 70, Delicate White is decisively the brighter choice.

Color Codes

RGB208, 220, 232
HSL210° 34% 86%
CIE LabL: 87.2 a: -1.7 b: -7.2
XYZX: 66.17 Y: 70.42 Z: 86.44
StripPPG1244 pos. 2

Manufacturer description

Blue Silk is a light, bright, blueberry blue with a wisteria undertone. It is a perfect paint color for any bedroom, nursery, bathroom, laundry or a garden room for a hint of happiness. Pair it with light cream yellows.

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