Pool Blue
Pool Blue is a blue paint color from Sherwin-Williams, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its cool classification gives it a crisper edge that may become clearer beside warm timber, cream or brass. The manufacturer's description below offers one reading; the room imagery leaves space for your own.
Hex
#B5E3E2LRV
70.30
Coordinating Colors
At LRV 70 vs 22, Pool Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Pool Blue reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 16), opening up a space where Turkish Tile encloses it.
Similar Colors
A 4-point LRV gap (70 vs 66) makes Pool Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 70 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Pool Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 71 and 70, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 70 vs 46, Pool Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Pool Blue reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 12), opening up a space where River Rouge encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 19, Pool Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
Darker Colors
Pool Blue reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 56), opening up a space where Bora Bora Shore encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (70 vs 66) makes Pool Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
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Manufacturer description
Imagine the crystalline shimmer of sunlit water on a perfect summer day captured in this bright, airy blue with subtle cyan undertones. This luminous shade brings coastal calm and refreshing clarity to bedrooms, bathrooms, and any space craving a crisp, open-air sensibility.