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
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
- Very close ΔE 0.0
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
- Whirlpool Sherwin-Williams 9135 Grayish Blue
- Slate Tile Sherwin-Williams 7624 Gray
- Very close ΔE 0.0
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.