Match Blue Calypso
PPG Blue Calypso is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 34. 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.
Blue Calypso reads slightly lighter (LRV 34 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.1 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 36 vs 34), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Blue Calypso reads slightly lighter (LRV 34 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 34 and 32, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Blue Calypso reads slightly lighter (LRV 34 vs 28), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (34 vs 30) makes Blue Calypso the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (34 vs 30) makes Blue Calypso the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Nordic Sky reads slightly lighter (LRV 40 vs 34), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Blue Calypso reads slightly lighter (LRV 34 vs 29), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.5 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Pastel turquoise reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 34), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.6 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Blue Calypso reads slightly lighter (LRV 34 vs 30), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 14.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 8-point LRV gap (34 vs 26) makes Blue Calypso the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 16.3 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Blue Calypso reads slightly lighter (LRV 34 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 17.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 6-point LRV gap (34 vs 28) makes Blue Calypso the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 19.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.