Languid Blue

With an LRV of about 45, Languid Blue is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Languid Blue in other brands

• TVT K491 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Santorini Benjamin Moore 1634 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Chambray Blue KILZ TB-45 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Bone China Blue Little Greene Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Comfort Blue Plascon B1-D2-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Pale Cadet Pratt & Lambert 26-25 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Sleepy Hollow Sherwin-Williams 9145 Light Gray
• Meditative Sherwin-Williams 6227 Light Gray

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 Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Languid Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -5.3 and a value of -5.3 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Languid Blue?

TVT K491 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Languid Blue?

≈ 45. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.