Subtle Blue
Subtle Blue is a blue paint color from PPG, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its blue classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. The manufacturer's description below offers one reading; the room imagery leaves space for your own.
Hex
#d9e3e5LRV
75.00
Subtle Blue's Color Strip
Subtle Blue is the first shade on this 7-color strip, the lightest in this coordinated family. As part of strip PPG1152, these colors are curated to work together — helpful when you're deciding how light or deep to go.
Coordinating Colors
Subtle Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Trim Color
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 76 vs 75), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 88 vs 75, Delicate White is decisively the brighter choice.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
Subtle Blue is a pale, subdued, arctic blue with a twilight undertone. It is a perfect paint color for a bathroom or nursery. Pair it with off-white.