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Signal blue

RAL Classic's Signal blue is a blue shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its blue classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. Because screens flatten both light and texture, sample the paint beside the finishes that will ultimately surround it.

LRV

10.27

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Light Reflectance Value
10.27
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Signal blue in Rooms

Follow Signal blue from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 3 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.

1 House Photo

Signal blue (RAL 5005) can change noticeably under full daylight, cloud cover and long evening shadows. Sample it beside the finishes that will remain in the room.

RAL Classic Signal blue 5005 exterior

RAL Classic Signal blue 5005 exterior

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2 Misc Photos

The 2 misc images turn a blue swatch into something more spatial and expressive. With an LRV of 10.3, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.

RAL Classic Signal blue 5005 door

RAL Classic Signal blue 5005 door

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RAL Classic Signal blue 5005 review

RAL Classic Signal blue 5005 review

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Light blue reflects far more light (LRV 23 vs 10), opening up a space where Signal blue encloses it.

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With LRVs of 10 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.

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Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room.

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At LRV 25 vs 10, Salmon orange is decisively the brighter choice.

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At LRV 23 vs 10, Signal orange is decisively the brighter choice.

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Red orange reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 10), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.

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At LRV 44 vs 10, Pastel yellow is decisively the brighter choice.

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A 4-point LRV gap (14 vs 10) makes Traffic red the marginally brighter of the two.

Color Codes

RGB0, 83, 135
HSL203° 100% 26%
CMYK100 39 0 47
CIE LabL: 33.8 a: -0.7 b: -35.0
XYZX: 7.46 Y: 7.93 Z: 24.05