Cobalt Salt
138-4DB · #B0D1E7 · LRV 60 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Resolute Blue40
- 2Lost in the 80s51
- 3Cobalt Salt60
- 4After Rain68
- 5Bashful Blue74
What Color Is Cobalt Salt, Really?
Cobalt Salt reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dutch Boy 138-4DB behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Cobalt Salt
Cobalt Salt 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 Cobalt Salt
At LRV 60, Cobalt Salt 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 Cobalt Salt 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 138-4DB 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 | Bewitching BlueSW 6960 · Sherwin-Williams | 3.4 | 61 | Color page → |
| Behr | Sweet Blue580E-3 · Behr | 1.6 | 60 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Paradise View794 · Benjamin Moore | 2.4 | 61 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Frosty Snow CapV035-1 · Valspar | 1.6 | 59.1 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Flemish BluePPG1238-3 · PPG / Glidden | 2.3 | 59 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Mill Run Blue70BG 60/145 · Glidden | 1.2 | 60 | Color page → |
Similar Dutch Boy Colors
The nearest shades to Cobalt Salt 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 #B0D1E7 in HSL space. Pair Cobalt Salt with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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