Denim Light vs Hicks' Blue
Denim Light is a Behr color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Both sit in the blue family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Denim Light has an LRV of 56. They share a blue quality — useful to know if you're layering them in the same space. At ΔE 44.0, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Denim Light vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Denim Light and Hicks' Blue in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Color Details
Denim Light vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Denim Light on one side and Hicks' Blue on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Denim Light comparisons
See how Denim Light stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 56, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 56), opening up a space where Denim Light encloses it.
Denim Light reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (56 vs 52) makes Denim Light the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 56 vs 30, Denim Light is decisively the brighter choice.
Denim Light reads slightly lighter (LRV 56 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 4-point LRV gap (60 vs 56) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 58 and 56, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Denim Light reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 56 vs 43, Denim Light is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 56 vs 4, Denim Light is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 56 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Denim Light reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Denim Light reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 56, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 56 vs 21, Denim Light is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 56), opening up a space where Denim Light encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 56), opening up a space where Denim Light encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (56 vs 51) makes Denim Light the marginally brighter of the two.
Denim Light reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Denim Light reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 56 vs 41, Denim Light is decisively the brighter choice.
Denim Light reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Denim Light reads slightly lighter (LRV 56 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 56 vs 31, Denim Light is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 56 vs 7, Denim Light is decisively the brighter choice.