Fresh Water
DE5854 · #C6E3F7 · LRV 69 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Resolute Blue40
- 2Honolulu Blue62
- 3Fresh Water69
- 4Bashful Blue74
- 5Icy Bay83
What Color Is Fresh Water, Really?
Fresh Water reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DE5854 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Fresh Water
Fresh 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. Blues calm a room, which makes them popular in bedrooms, bathrooms and home offices.
How Lighting Changes Fresh Water
At LRV 69, Fresh Water 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 Fresh 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 DE5854 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behr | Saltwater580E-2 · Behr | 1.1 | 72 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Bashful Blue2065-70 · Benjamin Moore | 3.1 | 74 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Blue Mist4006-9A · Valspar | 2.6 | 74.2 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Niagara FallsPPG1240-2 · PPG / Glidden | 3.4 | 73 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Niagara FallsPPG1240-2 · Glidden | 3.4 | 74 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Fresh Air237-2DB · Dutch Boy | 4.3 | 71 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Fresh 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 #C6E3F7 in HSL space. Pair Fresh Water with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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