Paint Equivalents

Light Blue

Mr. Hobby · Aqueous Hobby Color · H323

#00A8EB · L*65.0 a*-12.4 b*-43.6

The closest match to Mr. Hobby Light Blue in every other range, nearest first.

Mr. Hobby Light Blue is a mid-toned, saturated blue. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Tamiya Clear blue at ΔE 0.7. 18 of the 28 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.

Light Blue equivalent in Tamiya

  1. A Clear blue LP-68 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. D Sky blue X-14 ΔE 7.1 · similar

Light Blue equivalent in Foundry

  1. A Vivid Blue 22B ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. D Tomb Blue 23B ΔE 5.5 · similar

Light Blue equivalent in Creature

  1. B Sky Blue MPA-012 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. E Faded Ultramarine MPA-013 ΔE 12.0 · far

Light Blue equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Marid Blue 89526 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. B Sky Blue 9018 ΔE 3.5 · very close

Light Blue equivalent in Vallejo

  1. C Light Sea Blue 71.089 ΔE 3.8 · close
  2. D Fluorescent Blue 62.038 ΔE 5.7 · similar

Light Blue equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. C Ghostly Blue ΔE 3.9 · close
  2. D Ice Storm WP1432 ΔE 5.3 · similar

Light Blue equivalent in Arteza

  1. C Sky Blue A500 ΔE 4.2 · close
  2. D Pearl Electrlc Blue A210 ΔE 6.5 · similar

Light Blue equivalent in Warcolours

  1. C Marine 2 ΔE 4.2 · close
  2. D Transparent Blue ΔE 5.7 · similar

Light Blue equivalent in Citadel

  1. C Guilliman Blue ΔE 4.5 · close
  2. D Lothern Blue ΔE 5.1 · similar

Light Blue equivalent in FolkArt

  1. C Medium Blue 2927 ΔE 4.8 · close
  2. D French Blue 639 ΔE 8.7 · similar

Light Blue equivalent in Liquitex

  1. D Fluorescent Blue 984 ΔE 5.4 · similar
  2. E Brilliant Blue 570 ΔE 15.6 · far

Light Blue equivalent in Duncan

  1. D Seafarer Blue ΔE 5.6 · similar
  2. D Gigawatt Blue ΔE 5.7 · similar

Light Blue in the remaining ranges

These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.

RangeNearest paintDistance
Apple Barrel #64B3DC Cool Blue ΔE 6.3
Scale75 #2496C8 Sky Blue ΔE 6.3
Green Stuff World #53A7CB Blue Glacier Dip ΔE 6.4
Coat d'Arms #2F9CF1 Bavarian Blue ΔE 6.4
AK Interactive #3398C4 Deep Sky Blue -78- ΔE 6.5
Humbrol #4598C0 Middle Blue ΔE 6.9
Turbo Dork #4B94CB Da Ba Dee ΔE 7.5
Mr. Paint #009CC5 Blue SU-27 ΔE 7.6
Mission Models #6299C4 Grey Blue Cockpit / Camo Modern Russian Jets ΔE 7.8
Golden #6299CF Manganese Blue Hue ΔE 8.6
Monument #248CCB Sky Blue ΔE 9.1
Mig #2495FB Cyan ΔE 9.3
Italeri #4385C5 Azure Blue ΔE 12.7
Revell #2881BB Light Blue ΔE 13.1
P3 #7AA0AB Voltaic Blue ΔE 14.7
Kimera Kolors #5D8499 Morning Sky ΔE 15.3

Nearest colours inside Mr. Hobby

  1. B Light Blue ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B Clear Blue ΔE 2.9 · very close
  3. B Clear Blue ΔE 2.9 · very close
  4. B Clear Blue ΔE 2.9 · very close
  5. B Clear Blue ΔE 2.9 · very close
  6. B Cyan ΔE 2.9 · very close