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Vast Sky

Sherwin-Williams 6506

HEX
#A9C9D7
RGB
169, 201, 215
LAB
79.1, -7.6, -10.5
LRV
≈ 55
Family
Grayish Blue, cool
Nearest RAL
7035 Light Grey
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With an LRV of about 55, Vast Sky 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.

Vast Sky in other brands

  • Thunder Chi Kelly-Moore KM5012-1 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.7
  • Coelin 80 Caparol 3D Coelin 80 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
  • TVT X357 Tikkurila Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
  • M8551K Crown Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
  • Early September Behr M500-2 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1
  • GLOBE THISTLE Nippon Paint NP PRO 0413 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Vast Sky warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -10.5 and a value of -7.6 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Vast Sky?

Thunder Chi (KM5012-1), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Vast Sky?

≈ 55. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.