Byte Blue

With an LRV of about 68, Byte 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.

Byte Blue in other brands

• Embellishment Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
• Galactica Glidden PPG1235-3 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• TVT X364 Tikkurila Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Galactica PPG 1235-3 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Dewpoint Half Dulux Australia S32A1H Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
• Glacier Benjamin Moore 1653 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Bravo Blue Sherwin-Williams 6784 White
• Billowy Breeze Sherwin-Williams 9055 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Byte Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -4.6 and a value of -6.8 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Byte Blue?

Embellishment (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Byte Blue?

≈ 68. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.