Oyster Bay

With an LRV of about 44, Oyster Bay 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.

Oyster Bay in other brands

• Sea Pine Kelly-Moore KM4809-2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Minty Breeze Jotun 7163 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Pebble Walk Dunn-Edwards DE6277 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
• Waltzing Dulux Australia SG5F2 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2
• Fossilized Vista C-580 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.3
• Serpentine Tikkurila V447 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Daydream Sherwin-Williams 6541 Light Gray
• Debonair Sherwin-Williams 9139 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Oyster Bay warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 4.5 and a value of -3.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Oyster Bay?

Sea Pine (KM4809-2), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Oyster Bay?

≈ 44. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.