Timid Blue
Sherwin-Williams's Timid Blue is a blue shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its cool classification gives it a crisper edge that may become clearer beside warm timber, cream or brass. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#DFE8E4LRV
79.34
Coordinating Colors
At LRV 79 vs 48, Timid Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Timid Blue reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 22), opening up a space where Stratford Blue encloses it.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 79 vs 78), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 79 vs 78), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Brooklet reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 80 and 79, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Timid Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 75), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 4-point LRV gap (79 vs 75) makes Timid Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 79 vs 79), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Timid Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 73), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Opera Glass reads slightly lighter (LRV 86 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Timid Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 75), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Complementary Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 79 vs 79), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Timid Blue reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 24), opening up a space where Ruby Violet encloses it.
At LRV 79 vs 17, Timid Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 79 vs 30, Timid Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 79 vs 64, Timid Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Timid Blue reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 3), opening up a space where Raisin encloses it.
Timid Blue reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 51), opening up a space where Mauve Finery encloses it.
Lighter Colors
Brooklet reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
At LRV 79 vs 62, Timid Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Timid Blue reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 50), opening up a space where Hazel encloses it.
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Manufacturer description
This whisper-soft blue carries cool, almost gray undertones that create a serene, contemplative atmosphere perfect for bedrooms or studies. Its high luminosity makes it feel airy and restful, like gazing at a cloudless sky at dawn.