Match Pool Blue
Sherwin-Williams Pool Blue is a light-reflective shade, cool in character with an LRV of 70. 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 71 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 70 and 69, 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 70 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 72 and 70, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 70 vs 49, Pool Blue is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 10.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 12.3 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 71 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 14.6 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Pool Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 59), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 15.9 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.