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Cloudburst SW 6487
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Undertone: Saturated blue-green (a color, not a neutral)
In CIELAB, Cloudburst sits at L* 58.1, a* -17.8, b* -7.5. Its hue angle is 203° and its chroma is 19.3, so it reads as an outright blue-green rather than a neutral. It classifies as cool. Among Sherwin-Williams colors with a similar LRV (±5), it is warmer (more yellow) than 17%.
LRV 26.0: dark
Light Reflectance Value runs from 0 (absolute black) to 100 (perfect white). At 26.0, Cloudburst is lighter than 33% of Sherwin-Williams colors. Absorbs most light. Good for accent walls, cabinets, doors and exteriors; needs good lighting indoors.
Closest Benjamin Moore match to Cloudburst
Ranked by CIEDE2000 color difference (ΔE) computed from published RGB values. Below 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; above 4 is a different color.
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rendezvous Bay | 726 | 3.04 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Azure Water | 677 | 3.09 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Blue Lake | 2053-40 | 3.34 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Closest Behr match to Cloudburst
Ranked by CIEDE2000 color difference (ΔE) computed from published RGB values. Below 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; above 4 is a different color. Behr does not publish LRV, so Behr values here are estimates.
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vintage Teal | MQ6-33 | 1.88 | Very close | |
| Bali Bliss | PPU13-05 | 3.00 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Bali Bliss | PPU13-5 | 3.00 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Similar Sherwin-Williams colors
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore | SW 6494 | 3.91 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Mountain Stream | SW 7612 | 4.48 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Peacock Plume | SW 0020 | 4.84 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Manitou Blue | SW 6501 | 5.96 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Lagoon | SW 6480 | 6.27 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Freshwater | SW 6774 | 6.53 | Similar, clearly different |
Lighter and darker versions
Colors from Sherwin-Williams with nearly the same hue and saturation, one step lighter or darker.
- Tranquil Aqua SW 7611 · lighter, LRV 30.1
- Freshwater SW 6774 · lighter, LRV 32.0
- Aquitaine SW 9057 · lighter, LRV 37.7
- Stratford Blue SW 2864 · darker, LRV 22.4
- Lagoon SW 6480 · darker, LRV 20.3
- St. Bart's SW 7614 · darker, LRV 18.4
Colors that go with Cloudburst
Sherwin-Williams's own coordinating colors for Cloudburst:
Color-theory pairings — the nearest Sherwin-Williams color to each rotated hue, keeping the same lightness and saturation:
- Salon Rose SW 0061 · complementary (180°)
- Grandview SW 6466 · analogous (−30°)
- Manitou Blue SW 6501 · analogous (+30°)
- Baroness SW 6837 · triadic (120°)
- Tangled Twine SW 9538 · triadic (240°)
Cloudburst vs popular colors
- Aegean Teal (Benjamin Moore 2136-40, ΔE 7.6) is about as light, more yellow/warm, more red/pink, more muted.
- Evergreen Fog (Sherwin-Williams SW 9130, ΔE 17.0) is lighter (LRV 30.4 vs 26.0), more yellow/warm, more red/pink, more muted.
- Amherst Gray (Benjamin Moore HC-167, ΔE 18.5) is darker (LRV 18.8 vs 26.0), more yellow/warm, more red/pink, more muted.