Steel blue
RAL Classic's Steel blue is a blue shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its LRV of 5.4 gives it real visual weight, allowing the color to hold a wall rather than simply recede from view. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#1A2B3CLRV
5.44
Steel blue in Rooms
Follow Steel blue from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 15 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
7 House Photos
These 7 house images show how Steel blue (RAL 5011) can sit beside roofing, masonry, timber, planting and trim. The blue hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
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2 Front Door Photos
2 front door images trace Steel blue (RAL 5011) through the threshold between the street and the interior. The blue hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
RAL Classic 5011 front door color review
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RAL Classic Steel blue front door
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4 Kitchen Cabinets Photos
Across 4 kitchen cabinets images, Steel blue (RAL 5011) meets light moving across doors, rails and recessed panels. With an LRV of 5.4, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.
RAL Classic 5011 kitchen cabinets paint review
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RAL Classic 5011 kitchen cabinets review
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RAL Classic Steel blue 5011 garage door
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RAL Classic Steel blue 5011 review
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2 Misc Photos
Steel blue (RAL 5011) brings its blue character into an assortment of spaces that reveals the color outside a single design formula. With an LRV of 5.4, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.
RAL Classic 5011 painted furniture color
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RAL Classic 5011 painted cabinets
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Complementary Colors
Beige grey reads slightly lighter (LRV 17 vs 5), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 35 vs 5, Pearl beige is decisively the brighter choice.
Brown grey reads slightly lighter (LRV 11 vs 5), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 45 vs 5, Pebble grey is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 22 vs 5, Olive grey is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 8 and 5, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 27 vs 5, Yellow grey is decisively the brighter choice.