Match Powder Blue
Sherwin-Williams Powder Blue is a mid-tone shade, cool in character with an LRV of 35. 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.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 36 vs 35), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 35 vs 34), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Powder Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 35 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 35 and 35, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 35 vs 32), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 35 and 33, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Powder Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 35 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 35 and 35, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Powder Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 35 vs 28), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (38 vs 35) makes Gustavian Blue the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 36 vs 35), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Powder Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 35 vs 32), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 35 and 33, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 8.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.