Chefchaouen blue, also called Moroccan blue, is a vivid blue color. Chefchaouen, or Chaouen, is a city in the Rif Mountains of northwest Morocco. It’s known for the striking, blue-washed buildings of its old town.
What color is Chefchaouen Blue?
Chefchaouen Blue color belongs to the Blue color family (hue). The hexadecimal color code(color number) for Chefchaouen Blue is #468FEA, and the RGB color code is RGB(70, 143, 234).
In the RGB color model, Chefchaouen Blue has a red value of 70, a green value of 143, and a blue value of 234. The CMYK color model (also known as process color, used in color printing) comprises 70.1% cyan, 38.9% magenta, 0.0% yellow, and 8.2% key (black). The HSL color scale has a hue of 213.3° (degrees), 79.6 % saturation, and 59.6 % lightness. In the HSB/HSV color space, Chefchaouen Blue has a hue of 213.3° (degrees), 70.1 % saturation and 91.8 % brightness/value.
Chefchaouen Blue is cool or warm?
The color Chefchaouen Blue is a cool color.
What is the LRV of Chefchaouen Blue?
Chefchaouen Blue has an LRV of nearly 27. By LRV value, it is a medium color.
Light Reflectance Value (LRV) is a measure of how much visible light is reflected off a surface. It is a number on a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 being pure black and 100 being pure white. The higher the LRV, the more light the color reflects and the lighter it will appear.
Color Codes - Color Space Conversions
Chefchaouen Blue color codes / color number / color space conversions - HEX, RGBA, CMYK, HSL, HSV/HSB, HYZ, CMY, HWB, RYB
RGBA / RGB
CMYK
HSL
HSL(213.29deg, 79.6 %, 59.6 %)
RYB
HSV/HSB
HWB
H: 213.29°
W: 27.45 %
B: 8.24 %
XYZ
X : 27.2
Y : 26.89
Z : 81.6
YXY
Y1 : 26.89
X : 0.2
Y2 : 0.2
CMY
C : 72.55%
M : 43.92%
Y : 8.24%
LRV
Munsell Color System
CIE-Lab
L : 58.87
A : 6.78
B : -52.58
CIE-Lch
L : 58.87
C : 53.01
H : 277.34
CIE-Luv
L : 58.87
U : -28.11
V : -84.18
Hunter-Lab
L : 51.85
A : 2.89
B : -57
Similar Colors and Paints
Named colors similar to Chefchaouen Blue
Here are the colors similar to Chefchaouen Blue . Delta E (ΔE) is the measure of the difference between two colors. Delta E is measured on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 means exact match, and 100 is the highest difference.
Similar colors from Pantone, RAL, and other color matching system
Pantone PMS
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RAL Design
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Pantone TCX
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British Standard 4800
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Paint similar to Chefchaouen Blue
Here are the best recommended paint colors similar to Chefchaouen Blue . Delta E (ΔE) is the measure of the difference between two colors. Delta E is measured on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 means exact match, and 100 is the highest difference.
PPG Paints
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Dunn-Edwards
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Behr
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Benjamin Moore
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Valspar
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Sherwin Williams
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Color Combinations
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Monochromatic colors belong to the same hue angle but different tints and shades. Monochromatic color palette can be generated by keeping the exact hue of the base color and then changing the saturation and lightness.
Analogous colors are a group of colors adjacent to each other on a color wheel. Group of these adjacent colors forms Analogous color scheme Palette. Analogous Palette can be generated by increasing or decreasing the hue value by 30 points.
The triadic color palette has three colors separated by 120° in the RGB color wheel
The tetradic colour scheme composed of two sets of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Example Color Images and Mockup
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