Blue Calico
DET585 · #A5CDE1 · LRV 59 — cool blue-green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Resolute Blue40
- 2Lost in the 80s51
- 3Blue Calico59
- 4After Rain68
- 5Bashful Blue74
What Color Is Blue Calico, Really?
Blue Calico reads as a cool blue-green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DET585 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Blue Calico
Blue Calico 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 Blue Calico
At LRV 59, Blue Calico 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 Blue Calico 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 DET585 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 | Vast SkySW 6506 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.5 | 55 | Color page → |
| Behr | Carefree SkyM490-2 · Behr | 1.1 | 57 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Crisp Morning Air780 · Benjamin Moore | 2.2 | 58 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Serendipity BlueV071-1 · Valspar | 1.8 | 58.6 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Flemish BluePPG1238-3 · PPG / Glidden | 1.6 | 59 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Seaglass Blue50BG 57/173 · Glidden | 1.4 | 57 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Blue Calico 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 #A5CDE1 in HSL space. Pair Blue Calico with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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