Match Windy Blue
Sherwin-Williams Windy Blue is a mid-tone shade, cool in character with an LRV of 48. 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 49 vs 48), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 49 and 48, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Chambray reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 48), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 48 vs 46), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 48 and 47, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Windy Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Windy Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 48 vs 47), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (48 vs 43) makes Windy Blue the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 48 and 47, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 50 vs 48), 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 48 and 47, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Windy Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 40), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Light grey reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 48), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.