Match Byte Blue
Sherwin-Williams Byte Blue is a light-reflective shade, cool in character with an LRV of 68. 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 70 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 68 and 67, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
At LRV 83 vs 68, Atmosphere is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 3.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (72 vs 68) makes Winterscape the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 69 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Byte Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 7.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 71 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 7.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Byte Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 59), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.