Two Harbors
DE5813 · #BED3E1 · LRV 58 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Resolute Blue40
- 2Lost in the 80s51
- 3Two Harbors58
- 4Windmill Wings63
- 5After Rain68
What Color Is Two Harbors, Really?
Two Harbors reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DE5813 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Two Harbors
Two Harbors 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 Two Harbors
At LRV 58, Two Harbors 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 Two Harbors 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 DE5813 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 | Bewitching BlueSW 6960 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.3 | 61 | Color page → |
| Behr | MillstreamPPU14-16 · Behr | 2.8 | 63 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Under the Big Top1675 · Benjamin Moore | 2.9 | 63 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Pale Flowers4008-5A · Valspar | 2.7 | 63.9 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Sleep Baby Sleep1161-2 · PPG / Glidden | 1.4 | 62 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Bastille Blue90BG 64/101 · Glidden | 2.0 | 64 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Two Harbors 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 #BED3E1 in HSL space. Pair Two Harbors with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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