Subaru paint code C8P
Midnight Blue Pearl
ミッドナイトブルーパール
- Paint code
- C8P
- Name
- Midnight Blue Pearl
- Colour
- pearl blue
- Finish
- Pearl: layered and the hardest to match, so look closely at panel edges
- V5C should say
- BLUE
- Status
- Not yet confirmed: check the plate on the car
Models that came in Midnight Blue Pearl
Listed for these models in Japanese catalogue colour listings. Not every colour was offered for every year or trim.
Other Subaru models outside our model library used C8P too.
Has a C8P car been resprayed?
- Find the model plate and read the code. On the model plate in the engine bay, usually on the bulkhead or a strut top, next to COLOR or C/T. If it says C8P, the car left the factory in Midnight Blue Pearl.
- Check the V5C. For Midnight Blue Pearl it should say BLUE. Add the paint code to our free check and we’ll compare it with the DVLA record for you.
- Check the auction sheet. It should describe the car as blue and usually prints the code. A sheet that says one colour with a code for another means the car was painted before it was sold in Japan. Our auction sheet translator flags that.
- Look for the old colour where a respray rarely reaches: the engine bay, door shuts, inside the boot lid and fuel flap, and under rubber seals. Midnight Blue Pearl has a pearl finish, so look along each panel at an angle for a change in shade.
Other Subaru blue paints
Questions
What colour is Subaru paint code C8P?
C8P is Midnight Blue Pearl (ミッドナイトブルーパール), a pearl blue paint.
What colour should the V5C say for a car in C8P?
The DVLA records a basic colour, not the paint name, so a car still in its factory Midnight Blue Pearl should be registered as BLUE. Anything else suggests it has been painted a new colour, and the keeper should have told the DVLA.
Which models came in Midnight Blue Pearl?
Japanese catalogue colour listings include it for the Subaru Impreza WRX STI GR (GRB). Other Subaru models outside our model library used it too.
From our own colour table. The dot shows the colour family, not the paint itself. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected]. All Subaru colour codes