Sampling HSL Color in 3D vector scope and matching in color wheel

I am attempting to match two clips together. I have already adjusted luma and rgb values with the still shot comparison. I would now like to sample a color in the still shot get those values and then attempt to secondary grade with the HSL values. Now what's confusing me is that when I look at the sampled hue values (3d vectorscope set to HSL) they are like 217.7, 218.3, 218.8 etc. How do I match those hue values on the main color wheels when the hue values on the color wheel can only be adjusted from .00 to 1?

Yikes. That is a difficult one (for me at least). Luckily I have not had to work much with issues like that.
I had one project that was shot in a desert on two different days under different cloud conditions. What a pain. I have much less hair now. So I can kind of understand what you are going through.
I guess depending on the shot, if the sky is unobstructed, it might just be quicker to composite in a new sky and then try to match up the rest of the shot via the secondaries in Color. Of course if you do that, then you get into more than likely having to do a reconform to replace the clip with the clip that has the new sky.
I'm not as seasoned as others on here, maybe they can provide better suggestions than me.
Good luck!
P.S. I would be interested in knowing what you solution ends up being.

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