Ocean Tropic
560B-5 · #6AC5FA · LRV 50 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Wolf Gray21
- 2Resolute Blue40
- 3Ocean Tropic50
- 4Honolulu Blue62
- 5After Rain68
What Color Is Ocean Tropic, Really?
Ocean Tropic reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr 560B-5 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Ocean Tropic
Ocean Tropic is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Blues calm a room, which makes them popular in bedrooms, bathrooms and home offices.
How Lighting Changes Ocean Tropic
At LRV 50, Ocean Tropic is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its blue undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Ocean Tropic are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Behr 560B-5 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Moore | Cayman Blue2060-50 · Benjamin Moore | 4.4 | 47 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Billow4008-9C · Valspar | 4.8 | 48 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Horizon HazePPG1237-4 · PPG / Glidden | 4.9 | 48 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Horizon HazePPG1237-4 · Glidden | 4.6 | 48 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Perfect Day137-5DB · Dutch Boy | 4.9 | 45 | Color page → |
| Hirshfield's | Watery Sea0638 · Hirshfield's | 4.6 | 51 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Ocean Tropic within Behr's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #6AC5FA in HSL space. Pair Ocean Tropic with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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