Breezeway
137-4DB · #A5D3E9 · LRV 61 — cool blue-green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Resolute Blue40
- 2Lost in the 80s51
- 3Breezeway61
- 4After Rain68
- 5Bashful Blue74
What Color Is Breezeway, Really?
Breezeway reads as a cool blue-green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dutch Boy 137-4DB behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Breezeway
Breezeway 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 Breezeway
At LRV 61, Breezeway 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 Breezeway 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 Dutch Boy 137-4DB 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 | BluebellSW 6793 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.3 | 61 | Color page → |
| Behr | Spa BlueP500-3 · Behr | 1.4 | 59 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Highland Breeze786 · Benjamin Moore | 0.7 | 61 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Sonic Sky4008-9B · Valspar | 1.4 | 61.1 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | SongbirdPPG1240-3 · PPG / Glidden | 1.2 | 59 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Wild Blue Yonder74BG 61/206 · Glidden | 2.0 | 61 | Color page → |
Similar Dutch Boy Colors
The nearest shades to Breezeway within Dutch Boy'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 #A5D3E9 in HSL space. Pair Breezeway with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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