Soft Denim
ICC-46 · #B9C6CA · LRV 55 — cool blue-green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Stardew43
- 2Quietude48
- 3Soft Denim55
- 4Sea Salt63
- 5Wickham Gray68
What Color Is Soft Denim, Really?
Soft Denim reads as a cool blue-green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr ICC-46 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Soft Denim
Soft Denim 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. Grays like this read as a modern neutral and sit comfortably alongside both warm woods and cool metals.
How Lighting Changes Soft Denim
At LRV 55, Soft Denim is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its teal 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 Soft Denim 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 ICC-46 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Sleepy HollowSW 9145 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.2 | 57 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Smoke2122-40 · Benjamin Moore | 1.8 | 56 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Lighthouse Shadows4008-3B · Valspar | 1.4 | 54.6 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Blue DolphinPPG1041-4 · PPG / Glidden | 3.5 | 55 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Silver Blue Sea30BG 56/045 · Glidden | 1.2 | 56 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Silvered Blue433-2DB · Dutch Boy | 1.2 | 55 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Soft Denim 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 #B9C6CA in HSL space. Pair Soft Denim with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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