Ocean Swell

With an LRV of about 19, Ocean Swell absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Ocean Swell in other brands

• Foggy Day Sherwin-Williams 6235 Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Rhinoceros Dunn-Edwards DE6327 Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Garrison Grey Johnstone's Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Phantom PPG 1036-6 Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Phantom Glidden PPG1036-6 Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Rangitikei River Dulux Australia NZ9A9 Gray Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Behr

• Parador Stone Behr PPU24-08 Gray
• Amphibian Behr 730F-6 Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as gray
• Protanopia Reads as gray
• Tritanopia Reads as gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns olive
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Ocean Swell warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -2.4 and a value of -3.3 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Sherwin-Williams color to Ocean Swell?

Foggy Day (6235), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Ocean Swell?

≈ 19. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.