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Dunn-Edwards Wild Blue Yonder#B3D9F3 · LRV 66

Wild Blue Yonder reads as a blue / cool — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Dunn-Edwards DE5855 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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DUNN-EDWARDS WILD BLUE YONDER
RGB 179, 217, 243 LRV 66

Color spec

Brand Dunn-Edwards
Name Wild Blue Yonder
SKU DE5855
Hex #B3D9F3
RGB 179, 217, 243
HSL 204°, 73%, 83%
LRV 66
Undertone blue / cool
Family Blue

About Dunn-Edwards Wild Blue Yonder

At LRV 66, Wild Blue Yonder 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.

Wild Blue Yonder 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.

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
Modern Blue
SKU 0608 · #BAD1E9 · LRV 62
ΔE 4.36 (noticeable)
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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 blue from that brand.

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.56
All blue at Valspar →
4006-9B
#AFD4EB
Gentle Wind
ΔE 1.56 · LRV 61.9
4007-7B
#B4D4E8
Escape
ΔE 2.26 · LRV 62.5
8001-40B
#B2DAE9
Laissez-Faire
ΔE 4.6 · LRV 65
8001-41B
#B2DDED
Lady in Waiting
ΔE 4.68 · LRV 67
V033-1
#B2DDED
Lady in Waiting
ΔE 4.68 · LRV 67

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.6
All blue at Behr →
S530-2
#B5D5EC
Elevated
ΔE 1.6 · LRV 63
580D-4
#ABD5F4
Skysail Blue
ΔE 1.82 · LRV 63
580B-4
#B4DBFC
Ocean Dream
ΔE 2.36 · LRV 67
590C-3
#BCDCF9
Mystic River
ΔE 2.61 · LRV 69
M540-3
#B7D5F9
Eternal Elegance
ΔE 4.96 · LRV 64

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.31
All blue at Benjamin Moore →
2063-60
#B1D6EA
Sapphireberry
ΔE 2.31 · LRV 64
2060-60
#A9DBEF
Turquoise Haze
ΔE 4.43 · LRV
778
#B4DBEA
Skylark Song
ΔE 4.47 · LRV
2058-60
#B0D9E8
Ocean Breeze
ΔE 4.75 · LRV
2059-60
#AADCEE
Splash
ΔE 5.09 · LRV

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.23
All blue at PPG / Glidden →
1237-3
#AED7EA
Ariel
ΔE 3.23 · LRV 64
1242-2
#C2D7E9
Touch Of Blue
ΔE 4.44 · LRV 66
1161-2
#BED1E1
Sleep Baby Sleep
ΔE 5.27 · LRV 62
1158-2
#C3D9E4
Magic Wand
ΔE 5.66 · LRV 67
1150-3
#B7D7DE
Everglade Mist
ΔE 7.23 · LRV 64

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.01
All blue at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 6800
#B0D6E6
Something Blue
ΔE 4.01 · LRV 63
SW 6793
#A2D5E7
Bluebell
ΔE 5.5 · LRV 61
SW 6792
#B7DFE8
Minor Blue
ΔE 7.17 · LRV 69
SW 6505
#C2DAE0
Atmospheric
ΔE 7.44 · LRV 67
SW 6785
#B4E0E7
Quench Blue
ΔE 8.47 · LRV 69

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 6.45
All blue at Backdrop →
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 6.45 · LRV 51
BD-JA
#EFEDE3
Jane
ΔE 18.86 · LRV 86
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 21.51 · LRV 65
BD-CC
#E5DCC4
Cookies & Cream
ΔE 24.01 · LRV 73
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 26.98 · LRV 60

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 8.75
All blue at Clare →
PNT100-LT-36
#C2DADD
Nairobi Blue
ΔE 8.75 · LRV 67
PNT100-LT-56
#D2E4E8
Frozen
ΔE 9.08 · LRV 75
PNT100-LT-31
#CED0D3
Wink
ΔE 12.28 · LRV 63
PNT100-LT-35
#B9CDC8
Views
ΔE 12.95 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-07
#D6D7D2
Seize The Gray
ΔE 15.45 · LRV 68

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 9.5
All blue at Magnolia Home →
JG-88
#AFCACD
Vibrant Horizon
ΔE 9.5 · LRV 56
JG-76
#AEC8CA
It Is Well
ΔE 10.09 · LRV 55
JG-93
#C1C6CE
Cement Pots
ΔE 10.98 · LRV 56
JG-74
#CCD0CE
Dark Moon
ΔE 13.33 · LRV 62
JG-98
#D4CDD0
In Bloom
ΔE 17.76 · LRV 62

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 12.05
All blue at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 235
#D5DBDB
Borrowed Light
ΔE 12.05 · LRV 70
NO. 205
#CCD0CD
Skylight
ΔE 13.8 · LRV 62
NO. 277
#D9D8D3
Dimpse
ΔE 15.93 · LRV 69
NO. 270
#CCC8CE
Calluna
ΔE 16 · LRV 59
NO. 284
#D3CFCD
Worsted
ΔE 16.02 · LRV 63

Similar Dunn-Edwards colors

closest in the Dunn-Edwards deck

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

DE5862
Oh Boy!
LRV 67
DE5827
Spring Shower
LRV 66
DE5841
Arctic Paradise
LRV 70
DE5834
Azure Sky
LRV 69
DE5785
Glacier Point
LRV 64
DE5806
Dockside
LRV 61

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #B3D9F3 in HSL space. Pair Wild Blue Yonder with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#B3D9F3 + #F3CDB3
TRIADIC
#B3D9F3 · #F3B3D9 · #D9F3B3
ANALOGOUS
#B3F3ED · #B3D9F3 · #B3B9F3

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.49:1 fail
Sample text on black
14.14:1 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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