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Blustery Sky

Sherwin-Williams 9140

HEX
#6F848C
RGB
111, 132, 140
LAB
53.8, -5.7, -6.8
LRV
≈ 22
Family
Grayish Blue, cool
Nearest RAL
7000 Squirrel Grey
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With an LRV of about 22, Blustery Sky 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. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Blustery Sky in other brands

  • Rocky Creek Behr PPF-37 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
  • TVT M491 Tikkurila Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
  • Blazing Blue Asian Paints 9471 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
  • Chalky Blue Johnstone's Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
  • Oyster Blue Kelly-Moore KM4874-3 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
  • Blue Benjamin Moore 1644 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.8

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Blustery Sky warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -6.8 and a value of -5.7 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Blustery Sky?

Rocky Creek (PPF-37), at ΔE 1.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Blustery Sky?

≈ 22. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.