Match Soft Blue
Cloverdale Paint Soft Blue is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 59. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
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Closest matches across every brand
One match per brand, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score calculated from Lab color space values. Lower is closer. Click any card to compare side by side in simulated rooms.
With LRVs of 62 and 59, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 60 and 59, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Soft Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 59 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Soft Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 59 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 72 vs 59, Summer Medley 4 is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 5.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Soft Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 59 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Soft Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 59 vs 53), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
S 0515-R80B reads slightly lighter (LRV 71 vs 59), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 59 vs 59), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 13.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.