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Life At Sea

M510-2 · #AFC9DC · LRV 56 · cool blue tone

M510-2 · #AFC9DC · LRV 56 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.

Life At SeaBehr · M510-2
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Life At Sea
BEHR · M510-2 · #AFC9DC
Brand · codeBehrM510-2 · all Behr blues
LRV56Light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
Undertonecool blue tone
FamilyBlue
Hex · RGB · HSL#AFC9DC · 175, 201, 220 · 205°, 39%, 77%Display values from the brand. Match it at another brand
Sheen we recommendEggshell on walls · satin on trim and cabinetsWhich sheen where, explained
Where it sits, light to dark
  1. 1Resolute Blue40
  2. 2Lost in the 80s51
  3. 3Life At Sea56
  4. 4Honolulu Blue62
  5. 5After Rain68
Undertone and depth

What Color Is Life At Sea, Really?

Life At Sea reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr M510-2 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.

Room by room

Best Rooms and Uses for Life At Sea

Life At Sea is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Blues calm a room, which makes them popular in bedrooms, bathrooms and home offices.

Light by light

How Lighting Changes Life At Sea

At LRV 56, Life At Sea is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its blue undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.

Test it in your light, not a showroom's

Most complaints about Life At Sea are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.

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Need It From Another Brand?

Any paint counter can custom-tint Behr M510-2 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.

Same deck, next chip over

Similar Behr Colors

The nearest shades to Life At Sea within Behr's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

Contrast, for text and signage
Black text on Life At Sea · 12.2 : 1 · passes AA and AAAWhite text on Life At Sea · 1.7 : 1 · fails for text

WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #AFC9DC in HSL space. Pair Life At Sea with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#AFC9DC + #DCC2AF
TRIADIC
#AFC9DC · #DCAFC9 · #C9DCAF
ANALOGOUS
#AFDCD9 · #AFC9DC · #AFB2DC

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