Alaskan Skies
DE5876 · #CDDCED · LRV 66 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Resolute Blue40
- 2Lost in the 80s51
- 3Alaskan Skies66
- 4Bashful Blue74
- 5Icy Bay83
What Color Is Alaskan Skies, Really?
Alaskan Skies reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DE5876 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Alaskan Skies
Alaskan Skies 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 Alaskan Skies
At LRV 66, Alaskan Skies 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 Alaskan Skies 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 Dunn-Edwards DE5876 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 | Rhythmic BlueSW 6806 · Sherwin-Williams | 3.2 | 69 | Color page → |
| Behr | Naturally Calm620E-2 · Behr | 1.5 | 72 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Sheer BlissCSP-545 · Benjamin Moore | 3.8 | 71 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Love Crystal8002-46A · Valspar | 1.9 | 69 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Blue Booties1241-2 · PPG / Glidden | 2.2 | 70 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Vitamin SeaPPG1241-2 · Glidden | 2.2 | 70 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Alaskan Skies within Dunn-Edwards'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 #CDDCED in HSL space. Pair Alaskan Skies with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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