Soaring Sky vs Hicks' Blue
Where Soaring Sky belongs to Behr's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. These are both blues, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within blue to land. Soaring Sky has an LRV of 62. Both lean blue, so they'll behave similarly in mixed or changing light conditions. With a ΔE of 47.0, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Soaring Sky vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Soaring Sky 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.
Living Room
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. 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.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Bathroom
Bathrooms are one of the few spaces where you're genuinely enclosed by the paint color, which makes the choice between these two more consequential. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Soaring Sky vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Soaring Sky 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 Soaring Sky comparisons
See how Soaring Sky stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 62), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 83 vs 62, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 6, Soaring Sky is decisively the brighter choice.
Soaring Sky reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Soaring Sky reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (62 vs 52) makes Soaring Sky the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 62 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 4-point LRV gap (62 vs 58) makes Soaring Sky the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 62 vs 27, Soaring Sky is decisively the brighter choice.
Soaring Sky reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Soaring Sky reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (62 vs 55) makes Soaring Sky the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 62 vs 13, Soaring Sky is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 44, Soaring Sky is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 62), opening up a space where Soaring Sky encloses it.
Soaring Sky reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (66 vs 62) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 62, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 62, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Soaring Sky reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 62 vs 12, Soaring Sky is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 8, Soaring Sky is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (68 vs 62) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Soaring Sky reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 62 vs 12, Soaring Sky is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 45, Soaring Sky is decisively the brighter choice.
Soaring Sky reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Soaring Sky reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.