Sporty Blue

With an LRV of about 24, Sporty 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.

Sporty Blue in other brands

• Americana Behr 570D-5 Blue Very close ΔE 0.3
• Old Benjamin Moore 839 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.6
• Alice Blue Jotun 4241 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Bermuda Grey Resene Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.3
• Blue Sash Valspar 4005-6B Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.6
• Piece of the Sky Vista K-123 Blue Close ΔE 2.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Bluesy Note Sherwin-Williams 9064 Grayish Blue
• Denim Sherwin-Williams 6523 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns gray
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Sporty Blue warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -17.4 and a value of -4.6 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Sporty Blue?

Americana (570D-5), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Sporty Blue?

≈ 24. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.