Cold Water
DE6316 · #D9DFE0 · LRV 68 — cool blue-green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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- 2Heirloom Shade63
- 3Cold Water68
- 4Alabaster82
- 5Chantilly Lace91
What Color Is Cold Water, Really?
Cold Water reads as a cool blue-green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DE6316 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Cold Water
Cold Water 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. As a white, it's a natural for trim, ceilings and cabinets, and a clean backdrop for art.
How Lighting Changes Cold Water
At LRV 68, Cold Water 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 Cold Water 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 DE6316 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 | IcicleSW 6238 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.9 | 73 | Color page → |
| Behr | Echo MistECC-31-2 · Behr | 0.8 | 73 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Blue Veil875 · Benjamin Moore | 0.5 | 74 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Sheer Elegance8004-34A · Valspar | 2.5 | 72 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Blue SmokePPG1153-3 · PPG / Glidden | 1.3 | 73 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Cloud Nine Blue30BG 72/034 · Glidden | 1.0 | 72 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Cold Water 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 #D9DFE0 in HSL space. Pair Cold Water with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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