Match Dockside Blue
Sherwin-Williams Dockside Blue is a mid-tone shade, cool in character with an LRV of 43. 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 43 and 43, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 43 and 43, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 44 vs 43), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 43 and 43, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 44 vs 43), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 44 and 43, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Driftwood Blues reads slightly lighter (LRV 46 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 44 vs 43), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (47 vs 43) makes Teal Zen the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (47 vs 43) makes Bone China Blue the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Dockside Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 43 vs 39), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (49 vs 43) makes RAL 180-1 the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (43 vs 40) makes Dockside Blue the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 7-point LRV gap (43 vs 36) makes Dockside Blue the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.