Pale Wildflower Blue
11BB 64/135 · #BDD1E8 · LRV 64 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Resolute Blue40
- 2Lost in the 80s51
- 3Pale Wildflower Blue64
- 4Bashful Blue74
- 5Icy Bay83
What Color Is Pale Wildflower Blue, Really?
Pale Wildflower Blue reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Glidden 11BB 64/135 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Pale Wildflower Blue
Pale Wildflower 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. Blues calm a room, which makes them popular in bedrooms, bathrooms and home offices.
How Lighting Changes Pale Wildflower Blue
At LRV 64, Pale Wildflower Blue 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 Pale Wildflower 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 Glidden 11BB 64/135 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 | 1.9 | 61 | Color page → |
| Behr | Hyacinth Tint590E-3 · Behr | 1.4 | 63 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Windmill Wings2067-60 · Benjamin Moore | 1.3 | 63 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Twilight Mist4004-9B · Valspar | 4.5 | 61.5 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Sleep Baby Sleep1161-2 · PPG / Glidden | 2.8 | 62 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Wipeout139-3DB · Dutch Boy | 3.0 | 64 | Color page → |
Similar Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Pale Wildflower Blue 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 #BDD1E8 in HSL space. Pair Pale Wildflower Blue with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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