Hidden Sea Glass vs Hicks' Blue
Hidden Sea Glass is a Behr color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. These are both blues, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within blue to land. Hidden Sea Glass has an LRV of 45. They share a blue quality — useful to know if you're layering them in the same space. At ΔE 49.3, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Hidden Sea Glass vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Hidden Sea Glass 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.
House
At full exterior scale, the difference between these two colors becomes much easier to judge than from a small 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.
Front Door
Front doors are seen in isolation against the rest of the facade, which makes them a high-stakes surface where even subtle differences matter. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Color Details
Hidden Sea Glass vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Hidden Sea Glass 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 Hidden Sea Glass comparisons
See how Hidden Sea Glass stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 45), opening up a space where Hidden Sea Glass encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 45, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 45 vs 6, Hidden Sea Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Hidden Sea Glass reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (52 vs 45) makes Mizzle the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 45), opening up a space where Hidden Sea Glass encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 45, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 45 vs 27, Hidden Sea Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 45 and 43, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Hidden Sea Glass reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (55 vs 45) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 45 vs 13, Hidden Sea Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 45 vs 44), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 45), opening up a space where Hidden Sea Glass encloses it.
Hidden Sea Glass reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 45, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 45, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 45, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 45 vs 12, Hidden Sea Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 45 vs 8, Hidden Sea Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 45, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Hidden Sea Glass reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 45 vs 12, Hidden Sea Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 45 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Hidden Sea Glass reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Hidden Sea Glass reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.