Aquastone
Aquastone is a Blue paint color from Sherwin-Williams, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its blue classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. Move between the room imagery, color measurements and coordinating shades to build a fuller sense of how it might live in your space.
Hex
#89C6B7LRV
49.25
Aquastone's Color Strip
Aquastone is the third shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between Refresh and Larchmere. The strip spans from Waterfall at the lightest end to Starboard at the deepest. As part of strip 162, these colors are curated to work together — helpful when you're deciding how light or deep to go.
Aquastone in Rooms
Follow Aquastone from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 10 generated visualizations explore how the color might shape a finished room.
1 Bedroom Photo
These 1 bedroom image show how Aquastone (9043) can sit beside bed linen, timber, wool and upholstered textures. The blue hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
A modern luxury bedroom painted in Aquastone
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1 Bathroom Photo
Aquastone (9043) moves through 1 bathroom image without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. Its cool classification can bring a composed, clean tension to warmer finishes.
Aquastone — modern luxury bathroom
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1 Dining Room Photo
The 1 dining room image turn a blue swatch into something more spatial and expressive. Its brighter saturation allows the hue to remain present rather than fading quietly into the background.
Aquastone paint in a art deco dining room
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1 Front Door Photo
1 generated visualization explores how the color might shape the finished space. Together they show Aquastone (9043) as inspiration rather than a promise of an identical result.
rustic modern front door featuring Aquastone by Sherwin-Williams
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1 Home Office Photo
Aquastone (9043) can change noticeably under daylight beside desk lamps and screen glow. Sample it beside the finishes that will remain in the room.
Sherwin-Williams Aquastone in a art deco home office
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1 Mudroom Photo
Viewed across 1 mudroom image in a practical threshold where the outdoors enters the home, Aquastone (9043) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. An LRV of 49.3 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
Aquastone paint in a earthy mudroom
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1 Living Room Photo
Against upholstery, timber, art and metal accents, Aquastone (9043) may feel quieter, sharper or more atmospheric than the digital swatch alone. An LRV of 49.3 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
A organic modern living room painted in Aquastone
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1 House Photo
The blue hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes. In this setting, let full daylight, cloud cover and long evening shadows and roofing, masonry, timber, planting and trim guide the final sample decision.
Aquastone color — maximalist house inspiration
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1 Kitchen Photo
1 kitchen image trace Aquastone (9043) through the changing light from breakfast through dinner. The blue hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
Aquastone — contemporary kitchen
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1 Patio Photo
1 generated visualization explores how the color might shape the finished space. Together they show Aquastone (9043) as inspiration rather than a promise of an identical result.
rustic modern patio featuring Aquastone by Sherwin-Williams
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Expert Perspectives
Articles and features from across our network of home and design sites.
Coordinating Colors
Embellished Blue reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 49), opening up a space where Aquastone encloses it.
Trim Color
Embellished Blue reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 49), opening up a space where Aquastone encloses it.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 49 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 49 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Aquastone reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 11-point LRV gap (61 vs 49) makes Tantalizing Teal the marginally brighter of the two.
Retro Mint reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 3-point LRV gap (49 vs 46) makes Aquastone the marginally brighter of the two.
Complementary Colors
Whimsical White reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 49), opening up a space where Aquastone encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 49 vs 46), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 49 vs 24, Aquastone is decisively the brighter choice.
Aquastone reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 17), opening up a space where Plum Dandy encloses it.
Wallflower reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 49), opening up a space where Aquastone encloses it.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 49 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 49 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Darker Colors
At LRV 49 vs 30, Aquastone is decisively the brighter choice.
Aquastone reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
Step into a serene coastal retreat with this bright, saturated blue-green that captures the crystalline clarity of shallow tropical waters. Perfect for bathrooms, bedrooms, or accent walls, its cool undertones evoke tranquility and pair beautifully with crisp whites and natural wood tones.