Untitled 090A12
Untitled 090A12 (#090A12) is a near-black, gently muted shade of blue. In paint terms it sits in the cool family with HSL values of 233°, 33%, 5%, which means it behaves predictably in interiors — a faint green undertone in low light — without going chalky or muddy when the wall is large.
The closest commercially available paint matches are Sherwin-Williams After the Storm (SW 9685, #2A3037); Benjamin Moore Black Forest Green (HC-187, #242E2C); Behr Espresso Beans (PPU5-18, #3D2E27). These are the nearest swatches by Lab-color distance — your local paint counter can custom-mix the exact hex if none of them are close enough.
On a built-in bookshelf in a typical dining room, Untitled 090A12 reads as a confident, near-black color rather than a background. It holds its character at scale, so test a 24×24 inch board on the wall before committing — a step covered in our paint-sampling checklist — because the chip in your hand will always look slightly different from the same color spread across forty square feet.
Pair Untitled 090A12 with sun-bleached oats, raw wood tones, and unpolished brass hardware for a layered, lived-in look. If you prefer something cleaner and more contemporary, drop the wood and let it sit against bright whites and matte black fixtures — there is a side-by-side reference of warm vs. cool styling that walks through both directions.
If you are using this in a bathroom or kitchen, specify a scrubbable matte or a low-sheen eggshell — high-humidity rooms benefit from finishes that release moisture and clean easily.
A short way to remember Untitled 090A12: restful enough for a bedroom, confident enough for a foyer. That single sentence is usually enough to decide whether to pin it to your moodboard or move on to the next swatch.
Where Untitled 090A12 tends to fail is in rooms it was never asked about. A blue designed for a calm bedroom can read sluggish in a kitchen with bright daylight pouring through a sliding door, and a color that anchors a moody dining room can disappear in a long, north-facing hallway. The fix is rarely to abandon the color — it is to use it on a smaller surface, or to lift the lightness by a single step. Both adjustments are inexpensive once you understand what the color is doing.