Match Buoyant Blue
Sherwin-Williams Buoyant Blue is a light-reflective shade, cool in character with an LRV of 80. 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 80 and 79, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 80 vs 80), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 80 and 79, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.1 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 80 and 79, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.1 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 81 vs 80), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 4-point LRV gap (80 vs 76) makes Buoyant Blue the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 82 vs 80), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 80 vs 79), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 6-point LRV gap (80 vs 74) makes Buoyant Blue the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Cabbage White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 80), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Buoyant Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 80 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 11-point LRV gap (80 vs 69) makes Buoyant Blue the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Signal White reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 80), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (80 vs 74) makes Buoyant Blue the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.