Traffic blue
RAL Classic's Traffic blue is a blue shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its LRV of 11.5 gives it real visual weight, allowing the color to hold a wall rather than simply recede from view. Because screens flatten both light and texture, sample the paint beside the finishes that will ultimately surround it.
Hex
#005B8CLRV
11.46
Traffic blue in Rooms
Follow Traffic 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.
3 Misc Photos
These 3 misc images show how Traffic blue (RAL 5017) can sit beside a changing mix of architectural details and personal finishes. The blue hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
RAL Classic Traffic blue 5017 review
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RAL Classic Traffic blue 5017 review
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RAL Classic Traffic blue 5017 review
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Similar Colors
Light blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 23 vs 11), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Sky blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 11), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 11 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 11 and 10, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 12 and 11, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 11 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
With LRVs of 11 and 11, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 25 vs 11, Salmon orange is decisively the brighter choice.
A 12-point LRV gap (23 vs 11) makes Signal orange the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 11), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Pure red reads slightly lighter (LRV 17 vs 11), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Vermilion reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 11), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Red orange reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 11), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.