Vista Paint 7269Vista Paint 7269Little light comes back off a wall this dark, so the blue mostly lives in memory and in direct light rather than in a glance across the room. 7269 in the Vista Paint range.
At 8.0, light hits this wall and mostly stops there - plan the room's lighting as if the walls were not helping at all. This is a color that changes more with the time of day than with the season - the blue is more visible in long, low evening light than at noon.
If the room already has oranges and warm terracotta in the floor, a rug, or the furniture, this color will fight it rather than sit well beside it - the two sit at opposite ends of the color spectrum, which is exactly why they clash instead of blend.
Warm metals - brass, aged gold, unlacquered fixtures - gain a contrast against this that they do not have against a lighter wall; it is a common reason people choose a color this deep in the first place. A natural scheme here moves in three clear steps: this color on the main wall, a noticeably lighter mid-tone for a second wall or built-in, and a near-white on the ceiling. Each jump should be obvious at a glance, not something you have to squint to tell apart (roughly 8.0, 47 and 85 on the light-reflectance scale, for reference).
Behind open shelving or artwork, a wall this dark acts as a backdrop that makes whatever is in front of it stand out rather than compete. PPG Discover pairs well as a second surface - close enough in feel to belong in the same room, far enough in lightness to read as two distinct walls (about 37 points apart on the reflectance scale).
If the wall has any texture or repair work, matte is worth the trade-off even though it holds up to less scrubbing than a satin or eggshell.
Benjamin Moore Blue Suede Shoes (798) runs close enough - delta-E 1.1 - that swapping brands should not change how the room looks. This is a relatively uncrowded spot in the spectrum - just 2 colors from other brands come this close.
It is lighter than 4 percent of the Vista Paint range. Vista Paint lists it in the K codes, alongside 1,318 other colors.
Vista Paint Evening in Paris is a cool color: its hue angle is 275° in CIE Lab at a chroma of 31.5, with a blue.
The light reflectance value (LRV) of Vista Paint Evening in Paris (7269) is 8.0, on a scale where 0 is absolute black and 100 is absolute white, which makes it a very dark color.
Measured on the color wheel, Vista Paint Evening in Paris pairs with Dunn-Edwards Hearth Gold (DEA165, complement), Dutch Boy Blue Royale (VS-9550, analogous, warmer), Benjamin Moore Teal Ocean (2049-30, analogous, cooler), PPG Discover (1021-3, soft accent).
Vista Paint Evening in Paris's hex value is #315889, RGB 49, 88, 137.
Vista Paint Evening in Paris is classified as a blue, with a blue.
The nearest Pantone TCX color to Vista Paint Evening in Paris is 19-4037 TCX Bright Cobalt, delta-E 2.25; the nearest RAL Classic is RAL 5019 Capri blue, delta-E 5.24.
The closest cross-brand match to Vista Paint Evening in Paris is Benjamin Moore Blue Suede Shoes (798), at a delta-E of 1.1.
| HEX | #315889 |
| RGB | 49, 88, 137 |
| CMYK | 64%, 36%, 0%, 46% |
| HSL | 213°, 47%, 36% |
| HSV | 213°, 64%, 54% |
| CIE Lab | 36.82, 2.52, -31.41 |
| LCh | 36.82, 31.51, 274.6° |
| XYZ | 9.27, 9.44, 25 |
| Pantone (nearest) | 19-4037 TCX Bright Cobalt · ΔE 2.25 |
| RAL (nearest) | RAL 5019 Capri blue · ΔE 5.24 |
| 19-4037 TCX Bright Cobalt | ΔE 2.25 | |
| 19-4039 TCX Delft | ΔE 3.45 | |
| 18-4041 TCX Star Sapphire | ΔE 3.69 | |
| RAL 5019 Capri blue | ΔE 5.24 |
Pantone TCX and RAL Classic are physical standards; these are their published sRGB approximations, so check a fan deck before specifying. Pantone® and RAL are trademarks of their respective owners.
Shades mix the color toward black, tints toward white. Click any step to find the paint colors closest to it.
One image with Evening in Paris and its closest color at every other brand, measured by delta-E.
BellflowerBehr 610D-4
Dried LavenderSherwin-Williams SW 9072
Misty BlueBenjamin Moore 820
Imperial PurplePPG 1175-7
Deep RiverBehr P500-6
ImaginationBehr P550-1
ProvinceVista Paint 7194
Morning GlorySherwin-Williams SW 6971
CommodoreSherwin-Williams SW 6524
Simply SparklingDutch Boy DCP-0594
Canyon IrisBehr P540-7
Enchanted NavyValspar 4010-8
Fully PurpleSherwin-Williams SW 6983
Lavender MistBenjamin Moore 2070-60
Valiant VioletSherwin-Williams SW 6818
Blue RoyaleDutch Boy VS-9550
