Fluttering Blue
428-2DB · #BACBC9 · LRV 58 — cool blue-green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Stardew43
- 2Quietude48
- 3Fluttering Blue58
- 4Sea Salt63
- 5Wickham Gray68
What Color Is Fluttering Blue, Really?
Fluttering Blue reads as a cool blue-green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dutch Boy 428-2DB behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Fluttering Blue
Fluttering Blue 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. Grays like this read as a modern neutral and sit comfortably alongside both warm woods and cool metals.
How Lighting Changes Fluttering Blue
At LRV 58, Fluttering Blue 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 Fluttering Blue 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 428-2DB 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 | Sleepy BlueSW 6225 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.8 | 58 | Color page → |
| Behr | Urban RaincoatN440-2 · Behr | 1.3 | 58 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Heavenly Blue709 · Benjamin Moore | 2.1 | 56 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Sparkling Lake5002-3B · Valspar | 2.6 | 56.7 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Sea SpritePPG1143-3 · PPG / Glidden | 2.2 | 57 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Sea SpritePPG1143-3 · Glidden | 2.1 | 57 | Color page → |
Similar Dutch Boy Colors
The nearest shades to Fluttering Blue 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 #BACBC9 in HSL space. Pair Fluttering Blue with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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