Water blue
Water blue is a blue paint color from RAL Classic, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its LRV of 15.9 gives it real visual weight, allowing the color to hold a wall rather than simply recede from view. Move between the room imagery, color measurements and coordinating shades to build a fuller sense of how it might live in your space.
Hex
#007577LRV
15.94
Water blue in Rooms
Follow Water blue from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 8 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
1 Kitchen Cabinets Photo
1 sourced room photo gives the gallery a lived-in point of reference. Together they show Water blue (RAL 5021) as inspiration rather than a promise of an identical result.
RAL Classic Water blue 5021 kitchen cabinets
@alesha_romanov
7 Misc Photos
These 7 misc images show how Water blue (RAL 5021) 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 Water blue 5021 wall paint
@sergentmemere
Similar Colors
Turquoise blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 23 vs 16), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Water blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 7), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Complementary Colors
A 5-point LRV gap (16 vs 11) makes Water blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Salmon orange reads slightly lighter (LRV 25 vs 16), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Water blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 11), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Water blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 11), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Signal orange reads slightly lighter (LRV 23 vs 16), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Water blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 17 vs 16), so neither reads brighter in a room.