Raging Sea
Sherwin-Williams's Raging Sea is a blue shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its blue and green classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#476F65LRV
13.70
Raging Sea's Color Strip
Raging Sea is the sixth shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between Surf Green and Country Squire. The strip spans from Waterscape at the lightest end to Country Squire at the deepest. Strip 169 puts these related shades in sequence, making it simple to find the tone that suits your room.
Raging Sea in Rooms
Follow Raging Sea from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 4 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
1 Kitchen Photo
The blue, green hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes. In this setting, let daylight, task lighting and evening pendants and stone, timber, tile and metal finishes guide the final sample decision.
Subway tile backsplash gleams in Raging Sea above kitchen countertops.
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1 Front Door Photo
Raging Sea (6474) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: Its cool classification can bring a composed, clean tension to warmer finishes. Test it under direct sun, porch shade and evening exterior light.
Front entry door painted in Raging Sea makes a bold statement.
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2 Misc Photos
Raging Sea (6474) can change noticeably under the varied light of hallways, corners and transitional rooms. Sample it beside the finishes that will remain in the room.
Dresser drawers transform with Raging Sea for coordinated bedroom storage.
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One accent wall in Raging Sea anchors the bedroom composition.
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Coordinating Colors
At LRV 75 vs 14, Green Trance is decisively the brighter choice.
Tinsmith reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 14), opening up a space where Raging Sea encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (14 vs 5) makes Raging Sea the marginally brighter of the two.
Trim Color
At LRV 75 vs 14, Green Trance is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 16 vs 14), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 14 and 11, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 14 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 14 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 14), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 14 vs 11), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 16 and 14, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 6-point LRV gap (19 vs 14) makes Teal Stencil the marginally brighter of the two.
A 7-point LRV gap (20 vs 14) makes Juniper the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 14), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 79 vs 14, Whimsical White is decisively the brighter choice.
Chaise Mauve reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 14), opening up a space where Raging Sea encloses it.
Ruby Violet reads slightly lighter (LRV 24 vs 14), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 3-point LRV gap (17 vs 14) makes Plum Dandy the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 30 vs 14, Thistle is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 14, Wallflower is decisively the brighter choice.
Raging Sea reads slightly lighter (LRV 14 vs 3), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Lighter Colors
Composed reflects far more light (LRV 33 vs 14), opening up a space where Raging Sea encloses it.
Surf Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 14), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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Manufacturer description
Plunge into the turbulent depths of a stormy ocean with this dark, saturated blue that carries cool teal undertones reminiscent of churning waters. Perfect for creating an intensely moody sanctuary in a bedroom or study, it pairs dramatically with crisp whites and warm metallics for striking contrast.