By The Sea
50BG 50/265 · #7BC2DF · LRV 50 — cool blue-green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Wolf Gray21
- 2Resolute Blue40
- 3By The Sea50
- 4Honolulu Blue62
- 5After Rain68
What Color Is By The Sea, Really?
By The Sea reads as a cool blue-green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Glidden 50BG 50/265 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for By The Sea
By The Sea 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 By The Sea
At LRV 50, By The Sea 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 By The Sea 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 Glidden 50BG 50/265 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 | UndercoolSW 6957 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.8 | 49 | Color page → |
| Behr | Colorado Springs570D-4 · Behr | 1.8 | 49 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Pool Party2059-50 · Benjamin Moore | 0.9 | 49 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Billow4008-9C · Valspar | 1.1 | 48 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Horizon HazePPG1237-4 · PPG / Glidden | 1.8 | 48 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Twinkle138-5DB · Dutch Boy | 3.9 | 49 | Color page → |
Similar Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to By The Sea within Glidden'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 #7BC2DF in HSL space. Pair By The Sea with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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