Match Secure Blue
Sherwin-Williams Secure Blue is a deep, low-reflectance shade, cool in character with an LRV of 22. 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 Daisy reads slightly lighter (LRV 26 vs 22), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 24 and 22, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Secure Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 22 vs 19), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 24 vs 22), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 24 and 22, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Pastel blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 29 vs 22), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Secure Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 22 vs 19), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 24 vs 22), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
The ΔE 5.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Stonewashed Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 28 vs 22), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (22 vs 18) makes Secure Blue the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 22 vs 22), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 14.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
With LRVs of 22 and 19, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 15.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Secure Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 22 vs 14), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 15.5 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.