Light blue
There is more to RAL Classic Light blue (RAL 5012) than the swatch alone: its depth, undertones and setting all shape the final impression. Its blue classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#0089B6LRV
23.21
Light blue in Rooms
Follow Light blue from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 7 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
1 House Photo
Light blue (RAL 5012) moves through 1 house image without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. An LRV of 23.2 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
RAL Classic 5012 exterior color
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3 Kitchen Cabinets Photos
Viewed across 3 kitchen cabinets images in cabinetry, where color becomes part of the room’s architecture, Light blue (RAL 5012) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. An LRV of 23.2 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
RAL Classic 5012 kitchen cabinets picture
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RAL Classic 5012 kitchen cabinets review
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RAL Classic 5012 kitchen cabinets color
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1 Misc Photo
Light blue (RAL 5012) brings its blue character into an assortment of spaces that reveals the color outside a single design formula. An LRV of 23.2 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
RAL Classic 5012 garage door color
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2 Front Door Photos
Across 2 front door images, Light blue (RAL 5012) meets direct sun, porch shade and evening exterior light. An LRV of 23.2 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
RAL Classic 5012 front door paint
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RAL Classic 5012 front door color
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Similar Colors
Light blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 23 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Light blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 23 vs 19), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Light blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 23 vs 11), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 23 vs 7, Light blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Light blue reflects far more light (LRV 23 vs 9), opening up a space where Gentian blue encloses it.
Complementary Colors
Light blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 23 vs 11), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 25 vs 23), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 23 vs 11, Light blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 23 vs 11, Light blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 23 vs 23), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 11-point LRV gap (23 vs 13) makes Light blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Light blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 23 vs 17), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.