Blissful Blue

With an LRV of about 56, Blissful Blue reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Blissful Blue in other brands

• Sailboat Valspar 4005-5B Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.3
• Quiet Refuge Kelly-Moore KM3123-1 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Silent Blue Nippon Paint NP PB 1543P Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Blue Bayou Vista C-614 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Pastille Blue MyPerfectColor MP12322 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Stencil Blue Glidden 70BG 58/103 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Rhythmic Blue Sherwin-Williams 6806 Light Gray
• Windy Blue Sherwin-Williams 6240 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as grayish blue
• Protanopia Reads as grayish blue
• Tritanopia Reads as grayish blue
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns green
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns light gray
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Blissful Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -10.5 and a value of -4.1 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Valspar color to Blissful Blue?

Sailboat (4005-5B), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blissful Blue?

≈ 56. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.