Sleepy Blue

With an LRV of about 58, Sleepy Blue reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Sleepy Blue in other brands

• Wave After Wave (CTDC) Crown M2570Q Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
• Gulf Wind Kelly-Moore KM4871-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• TVT H438 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Smoke Benjamin Moore 2122-40 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Osprey Pratt & Lambert 26-29 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1
• Submarine Resene Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Hush White Sherwin-Williams 6042 Light Gray
• Sensible Hue Sherwin-Williams 6198 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 beige
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Sleepy Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -3.2 and a value of -4.5 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Crown color to Sleepy Blue?

Wave After Wave (CTDC) (M2570Q), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Sleepy Blue?

≈ 58. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.