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Scanda SW 6529
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Undertone: Saturated blue (a color, not a neutral)
In CIELAB, Scanda sits at L* 56.8, a* -4.1, b* -19.0. Its hue angle is 258° and its chroma is 19.4, so it reads as an outright blue rather than a neutral. It classifies as cool. Among Sherwin-Williams colors with a similar LRV (±5), it is warmer (more yellow) than 5%.
LRV 24.6: dark
Light Reflectance Value runs from 0 (absolute black) to 100 (perfect white). At 24.6, Scanda is lighter than 31% of Sherwin-Williams colors. Absorbs most light. Good for accent walls, cabinets, doors and exteriors; needs good lighting indoors.
Closest Benjamin Moore match to Scanda
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Blue Jeans | 839 | 1.38 | Very close | |
| Blue Dragon | 810 | 2.78 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Blue Nose | 1678 | 3.28 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Closest Behr match to Scanda
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Americana | 570D-5 | 1.40 | Very close | |
| Brittany Blue | M510-4 | 2.38 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Belladonna | T13-5 | 2.75 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Similar Sherwin-Williams colors
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporty Blue | SW 6522 | 1.25 | Very close | |
| Perfect Periwinkle | SW 9065 | 3.73 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Smoky Azurite | SW 9148 | 4.53 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Leisure Blue | SW 6515 | 4.65 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Blue Cruise | SW 7606 | 4.71 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Lobelia | SW 6809 | 4.83 | Similar, clearly different |
Lighter and darker versions
Colors from Sherwin-Williams with nearly the same hue and saturation, one step lighter or darker.
- Dried Lavender SW 9072 · lighter, LRV 29.3
- Lobelia SW 6809 · lighter, LRV 29.9
- Dyer's Woad SW 9071 · lighter, LRV 30.2
- Secure Blue SW 6508 · darker, LRV 22.4
- Searching Blue SW 6536 · darker, LRV 20.6
- Turkish Tile SW 7610 · darker, LRV 15.6
Colors that go with Scanda
Sherwin-Williams's own coordinating colors for Scanda:
- First Star SW 7646
- Bora Bora Shore SW 9045
- Rarified Air SW 6525
Color-theory pairings — the nearest Sherwin-Williams color to each rotated hue, keeping the same lightness and saturation:
- Mudslide SW 9113 · complementary (180°)
- Manitou Blue SW 6501 · analogous (−30°)
- Venture Violet SW 6970 · analogous (+30°)
- Salon Rose SW 0061 · triadic (120°)
- Inland SW 6452 · triadic (240°)
Scanda vs popular colors
- Aegean Teal (Benjamin Moore 2136-40, ΔE 11.5) is about as light, more yellow/warm, more green, more muted.
- Amherst Gray (Benjamin Moore HC-167, ΔE 18.5) is darker (LRV 18.8 vs 24.6), more yellow/warm, more red/pink, more muted.
- Van Deusen Blue (Benjamin Moore HC-156, ΔE 19.0) is darker (LRV 12.0 vs 24.6), more yellow/warm, more red/pink, more muted.