Spacious Skies (Behr P500-1)
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Spacious Skies (Behr P500-1) is a light, cool blue from Behr: LRV 79.4, so it reflects about 79 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Spacious Skies
Four Behr colors picked for Spacious Skies by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper blue, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Behr did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Spacious Skies, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Bravo Blue | SW 6784 | 77 | 2.9 | noticeably different |
| Benjamin Moore | Cumulus Cotton | 2063-70 | 76.6 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Crystalline | 5002-9A | 77 | 1.2 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Ocean Breeze | 1240-1 | 76 | 1.5 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Behr
The Behr blue colors nearest to Spacious Skies (LRV 79.4 (estimated)) by LRV.
Lighter than Spacious Skies
Darker than Spacious Skies
Color data
| Brand | Behr |
|---|---|
| Color code | P500-1 |
| Hex | #D5EAF2 |
| RGB | 213, 234, 242 |
| HSL | 197°, 53%, 89% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 79.4 (estimated from the hex) |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 91.4, -5.3, -6.2 |
| Undertone | Cool |
| Temperature | cool |
| Color family | Blue |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Spacious Skies (Behr P500-1), published as #D5EAF2
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Spacious Skies (Behr P500-1)?
- Spacious Skies has an LRV of 79.4 (estimated from its hex value). LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Spacious Skies is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Spacious Skies in another brand?
- Cumulus Cotton (BM 2063-70) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Spacious Skies warm or cool?
- Behr lists Spacious Skies as cool, with a Cool undertone. Its Lab b* value is -6.2; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0); LRV is not published by Behr for this color and is estimated here from the color's own hex value. Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.