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Blue-green-leaning

46 colours classified as blue-green-leaning. The classification comes from the OKLCh hue angle of the manufacturer's published hex, not from an impression: we only claim an undertone when chroma is high enough for it to be real.

Example: Tibetan Sky SW 7134, at chroma 0.0155 and hue angle 222.7°.

Tibetan Sky SW 7134 LRV 80.45 Blue-green-leaning Water Squirt SW 7132 LRV 80.38 Blue-green-leaning Retiring Blue SW 6763 LRV 79.18 Blue-green-leaning Blue Horizon SW 6497 LRV 77.83 Blue-green-leaning Bravo Blue SW 6784 LRV 77.09 Blue-green-leaning Lauren's Surprise SW 6791 LRV 76.31 Blue-green-leaning Iceberg SW 6798 LRV 75.91 Blue-green-leaning Swimming SW 6764 LRV 73.54 Blue-green-leaning Aviary Blue SW 6778 LRV 73.30 Blue-green-leaning Bathe Blue SW 6771 LRV 71.57 Blue-green-leaning Soar SW 6799 LRV 70.19 Blue-green-leaning Open Air SW 6491 LRV 70.10 Blue-green-leaning Byte Blue SW 6498 LRV 68.24 Blue-green-leaning Atmospheric SW 6505 LRV 66.99 Blue-green-leaning Meander Blue SW 6484 LRV 66.93 Blue-green-leaning Tradewind SW 6218 LRV 61.18 Blue-green-leaning Jetstream SW 6492 LRV 60.14 Blue-green-leaning Sleepy Blue SW 6225 LRV 57.91 Blue-green-leaning Watery SW 6478 LRV 57.15 Blue-green-leaning Stream SW 6499 LRV 56.28 Blue-green-leaning Rain SW 6219 LRV 49.45 Blue-green-leaning Languid Blue SW 6226 LRV 46.15 Blue-green-leaning Festoon Aqua SW 0019 LRV 46.09 Blue-green-leaning Aqua-Sphere SW 7613 LRV 41.55 Blue-green-leaning Breezy SW 7616 LRV 41.52 Blue-green-leaning Interesting Aqua SW 6220 LRV 40.88 Blue-green-leaning Dutch Tile Blue SW 0031 LRV 39.35 Blue-green-leaning Meditative SW 6227 LRV 38.13 Blue-green-leaning Tranquil Aqua SW 7611 LRV 31.31 Blue-green-leaning Moody Blue SW 6221 LRV 27.40 Blue-green-leaning Foggy Day SW 6235 LRV 20.32 Blue-green-leaning Labradorite SW 7619 LRV 19.67 Blue-green-leaning Refuge SW 6228 LRV 19.13 Blue-green-leaning Mediterranean SW 7617 LRV 18.77 Blue-green-leaning Slate Tile SW 7624 LRV 16.43 Blue-green-leaning Riverway SW 6222 LRV 16.31 Blue-green-leaning Grays Harbor SW 6236 LRV 12.29 Blue-green-leaning Tempe Star SW 6229 LRV 11.34 Blue-green-leaning Still Water SW 6223 LRV 10.40 Blue-green-leaning Really Teal SW 6489 LRV 9.31 Blue-green-leaning Seaworthy SW 7620 LRV 9.20 Blue-green-leaning Mount Etna SW 7625 LRV 8.71 Blue-green-leaning Cascades SW 7623 LRV 6.82 Blue-green-leaning Cape eVerde SW 6482 LRV 6.49 Blue-green-leaning Blue Peacock SW 0064 LRV 5.46 Blue-green-leaning Dark Night SW 6237 LRV 4 Blue-green-leaning

What an undertone actually is

An undertone is the faint hue bias sitting inside a near-neutral colour. It is not an impression — it is a measurable angle. We classify every colour by its OKLCh hue angle, a perceptually uniform space where equal numeric steps look like equal visual steps, which HSL does not manage at exactly the low chroma where neutrals live.

We only claim an undertone when chroma is high enough for it to be real. Below 0.012 the honest answer is "effectively neutral", and that is what we say. Between 0.012 and 0.035 the undertone is present but subtle. Above that it is clear.

Why undertone decides the purchase

Two colours at the same LRV can look completely different on the same wall if their undertones pull opposite ways. It is the single most common reason someone paints a whole room and finds their grey "reads purple": the undertone was there all along, but the chip did not say so and the shop's lighting hid it.

Undertone shows itself mostly by comparison and in difficult light. A north-facing room, with indirect cool light all day, exposes it hardest. That is why every colour page on this site shows its nearest neighbours by LRV — undertone becomes visible by comparison, not by description.

How to use this list

Colours are ordered light to dark. Choose first on the LRV the room needs, then use undertone to decide between the candidates that remain. And always order a physical sample: no screen reproduces this faithfully.