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Lakeshore

Sherwin-Williams 6494

HEX
#5B96A2
RGB
91, 150, 162
LAB
58.6, -16.0, -12.3
LRV
≈ 27
Family
Turquoise, cool
Nearest RAL
5024 Pastel Blue
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With an LRV of about 27, Lakeshore 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.

Lakeshore in other brands

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

  • Ebbtide Sherwin-Williams 6493 Grayish Blue
  • Refuge Sherwin-Williams 6228 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

  • Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns teal
  • Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
  • Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Lakeshore warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -12.3 and a value of -16.0 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dunn-Edwards color to Lakeshore?

Star City (DE5767), at ΔE 1.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Lakeshore?

≈ 27. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.