Santorini Blue

With an LRV of about 14, Santorini Blue 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.

Santorini Blue in other brands

• Seven Seas Behr 560D-6 Blue Very close ΔE 0.0
• Crashing Waves Dunn-Edwards DE5810 Blue Very close ΔE 1.0
• Photogenic Valspar 5010-10 Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Ashberry Asian Paints 7366 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Blue Suede Shoes Kelly-Moore KM3159-3 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Marine Bay KILZ RD100-01 Blue Very close ΔE 1.8

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Secure Blue Sherwin-Williams 6508 Blue
• Endless Sea Sherwin-Williams 9150 Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Santorini Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -16.9 and a value of -8.7 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Santorini Blue?

Seven Seas (560D-6), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Santorini Blue?

≈ 14. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.