Starry Night
Sherwin-Williams 6540
- HEX
- #D6D9DE
- RGB
- 214, 217, 222
- LAB
- 86.6, -0.1, -2.8
- LRV
- ≈ 69
- Family
- Light Gray, cool
- Nearest RAL
- 7047 Tele Grey 4
With an LRV of about 69, Starry Night 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.
Starry Night in other brands
- TVT Q866 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
- Blue Moon Quarter Dulux Australia S42A1Q Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
- Saphir 60 Caparol 3D Saphir 60 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
- February Frost Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
- Morning Jewel 6 Dulux UK 1187590 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
- Romance In Bloom Kelly-Moore KM3090-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
- Very close ΔE 0.0
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
- Pure White Sherwin-Williams 7005 White
- Tinsmith Sherwin-Williams 7657 Light Gray
- Very close ΔE 0.0
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 Starry Night warm or cool?
Cool. Its LAB b value of -2.8 and a value of -0.1 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.
What is the closest Tikkurila color to Starry Night?
TVT Q866 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.
What is the LRV of Starry Night?
≈ 69. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.