Match Tidewater
Sherwin-Williams Tidewater is a light-reflective shade, cool in character with an LRV of 65. 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.
Julep Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (65 vs 61) makes Tidewater the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 65 vs 62), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 65 and 64, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 66 and 65, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (69 vs 65) makes Touch of Spring the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Tidewater reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Tidewater reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 59), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Tidewater reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 53), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.