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Cooled Blue SW 6759
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Undertone: Saturated blue-green (a color, not a neutral)
In CIELAB, Cooled Blue sits at L* 70.5, a* -24.1, b* -1.2. Its hue angle is 183° and its chroma is 24.1, 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 21%.
LRV 41.4: mid-tone
Light Reflectance Value runs from 0 (absolute black) to 100 (perfect white). At 41.4, Cooled Blue is lighter than 52% of Sherwin-Williams colors. Reads clearly as a color. Best in rooms with good natural light, or as an accent wall; small dark rooms may feel smaller.
Closest Benjamin Moore match to Cooled Blue
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kokopelli Teal | 648 | 2.44 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Juneau Spring | 2041-40 | 2.85 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Gulf Stream | 670 | 3.63 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Closest Behr match to Cooled Blue
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Surf | 490D-5 | 1.68 | Very close | |
| March Aquamarine | P440-4 | 3.44 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Undine | M450-4 | 3.81 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Similar Sherwin-Williams colors
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larchmere | SW 6752 | 3.03 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Little Blue Box | SW 9044 | 3.92 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Aquastone | SW 9043 | 4.17 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Holiday Turquoise | SW 0075 | 4.19 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Rivulet | SW 6760 | 5.14 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Mariner | SW 6766 | 5.83 | Similar, clearly different |
Lighter and darker versions
Colors from Sherwin-Williams with nearly the same hue and saturation, one step lighter or darker.
- Mariner SW 6766 · lighter, LRV 45.7
- Little Blue Box SW 9044 · lighter, LRV 48.8
- Aquastone SW 9043 · lighter, LRV 49.2
- Rivulet SW 6760 · darker, LRV 33.0
- Jargon Jade SW 6753 · darker, LRV 30.1
- Cloudburst SW 6487 · darker, LRV 26.0
Colors that go with Cooled Blue
Sherwin-Williams's own coordinating colors for Cooled Blue:
- Alabaster SW 7008
- Rockweed SW 2735
- Embellished Blue SW 6749
Color-theory pairings — the nearest Sherwin-Williams color to each rotated hue, keeping the same lightness and saturation:
- Haute Pink SW 6570 · complementary (180°)
- Lark Green SW 6745 · analogous (−30°)
- Nautilus SW 6780 · analogous (+30°)
- Forever Lilac SW 9067 · triadic (120°)
- Deer Valley SW 7720 · triadic (240°)
Cooled Blue vs popular colors
- Palladian Blue (Benjamin Moore HC-144, ΔE 15.2) is lighter (LRV 60.4 vs 41.4), more yellow/warm, more red/pink, more muted.
- Smoke (Benjamin Moore 2122-40, ΔE 16.1) is lighter (LRV 56.4 vs 41.4), more red/pink, more muted.
- Saybrook Sage (Benjamin Moore HC-114, ΔE 16.2) is lighter (LRV 45.5 vs 41.4), more yellow/warm, more red/pink, more muted.