Match Azure Tide
Sherwin-Williams Azure Tide is a deep, low-reflectance shade, cool in character with an LRV of 12. 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.
With LRVs of 12 and 12, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (16 vs 12) makes Distant blue the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 14 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 3.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 12 and 11, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 12 vs 10), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 3-point LRV gap (15 vs 12) makes Bellbottom Blues the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 12 and 11, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (18 vs 12) makes Wild Water 2 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 12 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 3-point LRV gap (15 vs 12) makes Pitch Blue the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Azure Tide reads slightly lighter (LRV 12 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 14 and 12, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 13.5 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
S 5010-R90B reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 17.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.