Match Gentle Aquamarine
Sherwin-Williams Gentle Aquamarine is a mid-tone shade, cool in character with an LRV of 54. The matches below are the closest equivalents available across every brand on Pontata, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score. A ΔE under 3 is subtle; under 10 is noticeable but harmonious; above 25 means genuinely different colors.
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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.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 55 vs 54), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 54 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Gentle Aquamarine reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (58 vs 54) makes Cay the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Gentle Aquamarine reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Gentle Aquamarine reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Gentle Aquamarine reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 7-point LRV gap (61 vs 54) makes Sky Blue the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
At LRV 72 vs 54, Summer Medley 4 is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 8.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 54 vs 54), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 9.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Gentle Aquamarine reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Gentle Aquamarine reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
With LRVs of 54 and 53, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 10.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 54 vs 40, Gentle Aquamarine is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 16.3 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.