Cay

With an LRV of about 58, Cay 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.

Cay in other brands

• U Wingate Blue Kelly-Moore 27-1 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.5
• Wave Dulux Australia S32C1 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.6
• L1551M Crown Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Crystal Sea Valspar 5004-7B Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Indigo Benjamin Moore 744 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Velvet Touch 3 Dulux UK 1187265 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Quench Blue Sherwin-Williams 6785 Grayish Blue
• Rapture Blue Sherwin-Williams 6773 Turquoise

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Cay warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -7.5 and a value of -12.4 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Cay?

U Wingate Blue (27-1), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Cay?

≈ 58. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.