Powder Blue

With an LRV of about 35, Powder 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.

Powder Blue in other brands

• TVT Q469 Tikkurila Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.4
• Blue Alps Dulux Australia S33A3 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.5
• Endless Rain KILZ RE150-02 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Dusty Benjamin Moore CSP-605 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Aspen Blue Nerolac 2352 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Hazy Seacliff Teal Glidden 30BG 37/110 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• French Moire Sherwin-Williams 9056 Grayish Blue
• Whirlpool Sherwin-Williams 9135 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Powder Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -7.8 and a value of -7.3 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Powder Blue?

TVT Q469 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Powder Blue?

≈ 35. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.