Oceana Drive
DE5869 · #C2D2E0 · LRV 58 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Resolute Blue40
- 2Lost in the 80s51
- 3Oceana Drive58
- 4Windmill Wings63
- 5After Rain68
What Color Is Oceana Drive, Really?
Oceana Drive reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DE5869 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Oceana Drive
Oceana Drive 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 Oceana Drive
At LRV 58, Oceana Drive 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 Oceana Drive 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 DE5869 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 | BreathtakingSW 6814 · Sherwin-Williams | 3.3 | 63 | Color page → |
| Behr | MonetPPU15-17 · Behr | 2.3 | 61 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Lake Placid827 · Benjamin Moore | 0.9 | 64 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Tinsel Beam4005-3A · Valspar | 2.5 | 63.5 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | StratospherePPG1162-2 · PPG / Glidden | 1.6 | 63 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Bastille Blue90BG 64/101 · Glidden | 0.8 | 64 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Oceana Drive 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 #C2D2E0 in HSL space. Pair Oceana Drive with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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