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DUNN-EDWARDS · DE6304

Dunn-Edwards Blustery Wind#B6C5C1 · LRV 54

Blustery Wind reads as a blue-green / cool — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Dunn-Edwards DE6304 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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DUNN-EDWARDS BLUSTERY WIND
RGB 182, 197, 193 LRV 54

Color spec

Brand Dunn-Edwards
Name Blustery Wind
SKU DE6304
Hex #B6C5C1
RGB 182, 197, 193
HSL 164°, 11%, 74%
LRV 54
Undertone blue-green / cool
Family Gray

About Dunn-Edwards Blustery Wind

At LRV 54, Blustery Wind 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.

Blustery Wind 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.

Kompozit alternative

The closest hex in the Kompozit deck, ranked by ΔE2000 (perceptual color difference). ΔE under 2 is indistinguishable to most eyes; under 5 is a very close visual match.

KOMPOZIT
Whirlwind
SKU 0489 · #B6C3C1 · LRV 53
ΔE 1.41 (near-perfect)
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Closest matches at every US brand

9 brands · top 5 each

5 closest matches per brand by ΔE2000, computed against each brand's full deck. Tap any swatch for its full single-color spec; tap the brand title to browse all gray from that brand.

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.98
All gray at Valspar →
T645
#B7C5BF
Statue of Liberty
ΔE 0.98 · LRV 53.6
V100-3
#B3C6C2
Misty Dreams
ΔE 1.45 · LRV 54
T624
#B3C6C4
Sweetest Damask
ΔE 1.6 · LRV 53.9
M356
#BAC4C2
New Morn Fog
ΔE 2.38 · LRV 53.7
T675
#B9C2BE
Patina Gray
ΔE 2.44 · LRV 52.8

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.66
All gray at Behr →
N460-3
#B5C8C3
Lunar Surface
ΔE 1.66 · LRV 55
QE-42
#BAC9C0
Antiqued Aqua
ΔE 2.48 · LRV 56
N450-3
#B0C8C6
Meteor Shower
ΔE 3.1 · LRV 55
PPU12-10
#BCC6C7
Misty Morn
ΔE 3.63 · LRV 55
710E-3
#BEC3BC
Rhino
ΔE 4.19 · LRV 54

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.68
All gray at Benjamin Moore →
1585
#B9C5C3
Wales Gray
ΔE 1.68 · LRV
CSP-740
#B7C6BE
Sylvan Mist
ΔE 1.88 · LRV
2123-40
#B3C8C8
Gossamer Blue
ΔE 2.65 · LRV
AF-490
#BBC3BB
Tranquility
ΔE 3.18 · LRV 53
CSP-730
#BBC3BB
Picnic Basket
ΔE 3.18 · LRV 53

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.56
All gray at Clare →
PNT100-LT-35
#B9CDC8
Views
ΔE 2.56 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-10
#C1CAC5
Grayish
ΔE 2.85 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-37
#B1C6CA
Summer Friday
ΔE 4.05 · LRV 54
PNT100-LT-09
#C1C3C0
Motor City
ΔE 5.73 · LRV 54
PNT100-MD-73
#ADBECB
Cloud Watching
ΔE 8.41 · LRV 50

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.68
All gray at PPG / Glidden →
1034-4
#B5C8C9
Misty Surf
ΔE 2.68 · LRV 55
1135-4
#B3C4BA
Aquamarine Dream
ΔE 2.96 · LRV 53
1138-3
#AFC7BF
Crystal Oasis
ΔE 3.78 · LRV 54
1039-2
#B9C0C0
Maiden Mist
ΔE 4.28 · LRV 52
1134-4
#B3C6B9
Pine Whisper
ΔE 4.36 · LRV 53

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.83
All gray at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 9137
#B6C3C4
Niebla Azul
ΔE 2.83 · LRV 53
SW 6205
#BEC3BB
Comfort Gray
ΔE 4.3 · LRV 54
SW 9055
#AFC7CD
Billowy Breeze
ΔE 5.12 · LRV 54
SW 6247
#B8C0C3
Krypton
ΔE 5.21 · LRV 52
SW 6254
#BEC1C3
Lazy Gray
ΔE 6.65 · LRV 53

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.22
All gray at Magnolia Home →
JG-76
#AEC8CA
It Is Well
ΔE 4.22 · LRV 55
JG-06
#B9BFB5
Americana Egg
ΔE 4.46 · LRV 51
JG-88
#AFCACD
Vibrant Horizon
ΔE 4.71 · LRV 56
JG-83
#C1C5C5
Loft
ΔE 5.51 · LRV 55
JG-123
#BBBDB9
Day-to-day
ΔE 5.76 · LRV 50

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.95
All gray at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 22
#B8BCB5
Light Blue
ΔE 4.95 · LRV 49
NO. 27
#B2BFC5
Parma Gray
ΔE 5.56 · LRV 51
NO. 266
#C0C2B3
Mizzle
ΔE 6.77 · LRV 53
NO. 242
#C8C3BC
Pavilion Gray
ΔE 8.97 · LRV 55
NO. 275
#C4BEB4
Purbeck Stone
ΔE 9.43 · LRV 52

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 6.48
All gray at Backdrop →
BD-UD
#A4B5BB
Underdog
ΔE 6.48 · LRV 41
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 9.25 · LRV 51
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 10.8 · LRV 65
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 19.41 · LRV 60
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 22.98 · LRV 53

Similar Dunn-Edwards colors

closest in the Dunn-Edwards deck

The nearest shades to Blustery Wind within Dunn-Edwards's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

DE6297
Patina Creek
LRV 53
DE6290
Ashwood
LRV 54
DE6311
Haze Blue
LRV 51
DE5772
Blue Spruce
LRV 53
DE6360
Foil
LRV 54
DE5744
Seaport
LRV 55

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #B6C5C1 in HSL space. Pair Blustery Wind with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#B6C5C1 + #C5B6BA
TRIADIC
#B6C5C1 · #C1B6C5 · #C5C1B6
ANALOGOUS
#B6C5BA · #B6C5C1 · #B6C2C5

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.79:1 fail
Sample text on black
11.75:1 AAA

WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.

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