Tranquil Aqua

With an LRV of about 30, Tranquil Aqua 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.

Tranquil Aqua in other brands

• Ocean Melody Hallman Lindsay 499 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.6
• Soul Quenching Kelly-Moore KM4867-2 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
• Ocean Melody Vista C-498 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.2
• Celestial Cloud 2 Dulux UK 1186546 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.4
• Miles Dulux Australia S29A4 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.5
• Lakeview Behr ECC-56-3 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.6

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Aquitaine Sherwin-Williams 9057 Grayish Blue
• Refuge Sherwin-Williams 6228 Grayish Blue

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Tranquil Aqua warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -6.6 and a value of -9.0 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Hallman Lindsay color to Tranquil Aqua?

Ocean Melody (499), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Tranquil Aqua?

≈ 30. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.