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GLIDDEN · PPG1243-3

Glidden Set Sail#ABCAEA · LRV 57

Set Sail reads as a blue / cool — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Glidden PPG1243-3 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

GLIDDEN SET SAIL
RGB 171, 202, 234 LRV 57

Color spec

Brand Glidden
Name Set Sail
SKU PPG1243-3
Hex #ABCAEA
RGB 171, 202, 234
HSL 210°, 60%, 79%
LRV 57
Undertone blue / cool
Family Blue

About Glidden Set Sail

At LRV 57, Set Sail 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.

Set Sail 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.

Closest matches at every US brand

20 brands · top 5 each

5 closest matches per brand by ΔE2000, computed against each brand's full deck. Tap any swatch for its full single-color spec; tap the brand title to browse all blue from that brand.

Sherwin-Williams

1,947 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.36
All blue at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 6527 · #B2C8D8 · ΔE 5.36 · LRV 56
SW 6807 · #B8CDDD · ΔE 5.42 · LRV 59
SW 9063 · #9BC8DE · ΔE 6.49 · LRV 53
SW 9066 · #BBC5DE · ΔE 6.94 · LRV 56
SW 6506 · #A9C9D7 · ΔE 7.22 · LRV 55

Behr

5,644 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.68
All blue at Behr →
600F-4 · #B2C8E6 · ΔE 2.68 · LRV 56
580E-3 · #AFD0EA · ΔE 2.83 · LRV 60
M530-3 · #A6D0F0 · ΔE 3.18 · LRV 60
S530-3 · #A0C7E3 · ΔE 3.39 · LRV 54
S540-2 · #B9CAEE · ΔE 5.38 · LRV 59

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.59
All blue at Benjamin Moore →
821 · #BACBDF · ΔE 4.59 · LRV 59
800 · #A5C8DD · ΔE 4.87 · LRV 55
2065-60 · #A3D4F0 · ΔE 5.71 · LRV 61
786 · #A4D4EC · ΔE 6.55 · LRV 61
780 · #9BCEE5 · ΔE 7.19 · LRV 58

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.83
All blue at Valspar →
4006-7B · #AFCAE1 · ΔE 2.83 · LRV 56.6
4005-7C · #ACC3E2 · ΔE 2.84 · LRV 53.1
V035-1 · #B0CEE6 · ΔE 2.91 · LRV 59.1
V073-2 · #B8CCE5 · ΔE 3.3 · LRV 59.1
V070-2 · #A9D0E6 · ΔE 5.29 · LRV 59.3

PPG / Glidden

2,132 colors in deck · best ΔE 0
All blue at PPG / Glidden →
1243-3 · #ABCAEA · ΔE 0 · LRV 57
PPG1243-3 · #AAC9EA · ΔE 0.4 · LRV 56
PPG1241-3 · #9CC6EA · ΔE 2.92 · LRV 53
PPG1239-3 · #9FC8E4 · ΔE 3.8 · LRV 54
PPG1240-3 · #A3D1EA · ΔE 5.73 · LRV 59

Dutch Boy

1,340 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.31
All blue at Dutch Boy →
138-4DB · #B0D1E7 · ΔE 4.31 · LRV 60
237-4DB · #A6CDE4 · ΔE 4.85 · LRV 57
240-2DB · #B9C5DE · ΔE 6.09 · LRV 55
141-3DB · #BBC6DC · ΔE 6.36 · LRV 56
137-4DB · #A5D3E9 · ΔE 6.73 · LRV 61
HGSW 1386 · #B2C8D8 · ΔE 5.36 · LRV 56
HGSW 6527 · #B2C8D8 · ΔE 5.36 · LRV 56
HGSW 1405 · #BBC5DE · ΔE 6.94 · LRV 56
HGSW 9066 · #BBC5DE · ΔE 6.94 · LRV 56
HGSW 2366 · #A9C9D7 · ΔE 7.22 · LRV 55

Dunn-Edwards

2,298 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.76
All blue at Dunn-Edwards →
DE5877 · #B0C6DF · ΔE 2.76 · LRV 51
DE5891 · #A7C2EB · ΔE 3.67 · LRV 49
DET588 · #BDCFEA · ΔE 4.22 · LRV 63
DET585 · #A5CDE1 · ΔE 6.12 · LRV 59
DE5898 · #B9C4DE · ΔE 6.61 · LRV 52

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 10.01
All blue at Magnolia Home →
JG-93 · #C1C6CE · ΔE 10.01 · LRV 56
JG-88 · #AFCACD · ΔE 11.5 · LRV 56
JG-76 · #AEC8CA · ΔE 11.9 · LRV 55
JG-83 · #C1C5C5 · ΔE 13.04 · LRV 55
JG-12 · #C5C9C2 · ΔE 16.88 · LRV 58

Farrow & Ball

209 colors in deck · best ΔE 9.88
All blue at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 27 · #B2BFC5 · ΔE 9.88 · LRV 51
NO. 210 · #A1C5C8 · ΔE 12.58 · LRV 52
NO. 270 · #C9C7CD · ΔE 13.42 · LRV 58
NO. 205 · #C9CFCD · ΔE 13.91 · LRV 61
NO. 9913 · #D0BFCD · ΔE 19.82 · LRV 55

Diamond Vogel

1,386 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.97
All blue at Diamond Vogel →
0637 · #ABD0EC · ΔE 2.97 · LRV 60
0594 · #B6C7E2 · ΔE 4.23 · LRV 56
0603 · #ACC1E5 · ΔE 4.36 · LRV 52
0651 · #AECFDF · ΔE 6.56 · LRV 59
H044 · #AACEDF · ΔE 6.59 · LRV 58

Hirshfield's

1,469 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.96
All blue at Hirshfield's →
0594 · #B0C5E0 · ΔE 2.96 · LRV 56
0603 · #A9C1E5 · ΔE 3.58 · LRV 53
0637 · #A6D0EC · ΔE 4.03 · LRV 61
0615 · #B4CCDF · ΔE 4.27 · LRV 59
0651 · #A8CCDD · ΔE 6.57 · LRV 59

Rodda

357 colors in deck · best ΔE 8.24
All blue at Rodda →
R085 · #B8CBD4 · ΔE 8.24 · LRV 58
R086 · #9EC1CD · ΔE 8.94 · LRV 50
R079 · #B5C2C5 · ΔE 11.05 · LRV 53
R103 · #CBCCD4 · ΔE 11.66 · LRV 61
CA189 · #B5C8C7 · ΔE 12.92 · LRV 55

C2 Paint

580 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.57
All blue at C2 Paint →
C2-769 · #B7CEE9 · ΔE 2.57 · LRV 60
C2-768 · #A6BFDB · ΔE 3.09 · LRV 50
C2-752 · #B7D4E5 · ΔE 5.97 · LRV 63
C2-736 · #BACCD8 · ΔE 6.99 · LRV 59
C2-754 · #BDCBD6 · ΔE 7.55 · LRV 58

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 7.1
All blue at Clare →
PNT100-MD-73 · #ADBECB · ΔE 7.1 · LRV 50
PNT100-LT-37 · #B1C6CA · ΔE 10.64 · LRV 54
PNT100-LT-35 · #B9CDC8 · ΔE 14.94 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-09 · #C1C3C0 · ΔE 15.03 · LRV 54
PNT100-LT-10 · #C1CAC5 · ΔE 15.18 · LRV 58

Portola Paints

69 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.53
All blue at Portola Paints →
ILLUSION · #ADC7DF · ΔE 2.53 · LRV 55
PIGEON GRAY · #C2C6CA · ΔE 11.41 · LRV 56
COSTA · #AABEBF · ΔE 12.4 · LRV 49
HIGH CLIFF · #D1CAC5 · ΔE 17.5 · LRV 60
LUMIERE · #CCC8C0 · ΔE 18.55 · LRV 58

Annie Sloan

31 colors in deck · best ΔE 7.14
All blue at Annie Sloan →
LOUIS BLUE · #AEBECB · ΔE 7.14 · LRV 50
CHICAGO GREY · #BABAB9 · ΔE 14.65 · LRV 49
SVENSKA BLUE · #A4BEB7 · ΔE 16.58 · LRV 48
PALOMA · #BFB5B3 · ΔE 18.48 · LRV 47
PARIS GREY · #BEC0B3 · ΔE 20.35 · LRV 52

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 6.47
All blue at Backdrop →
BD-LO · #A4C2D2 · ΔE 6.47 · LRV 51
BD-UD · #A4B5BB · ΔE 10.91 · LRV 41
BD-RR · #D6CFBE · ΔE 22.9 · LRV 65
BD-AU · #E5C8B7 · ΔE 25.62 · LRV 60
BD-BG · #E5BEB0 · ΔE 27.51 · LRV 53

Rust-Oleum

16 colors in deck · best ΔE 11.87
All blue at Rust-Oleum →
285143 · #B6B9BE · ΔE 11.87 · LRV 48
285139 · #ACCECD · ΔE 13.92 · LRV 57
371675 · #8CA8A9 · ΔE 15.95 · LRV 36
285142 · #E2CDCC · ΔE 21.93 · LRV 64
398641 · #E2D7B0 · ΔE 30.84 · LRV 68

Kompozit

1,321 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.96
All blue at Kompozit →
0594 · #B0C5E0 · ΔE 2.96 · LRV 55
0603 · #A9C1E5 · ΔE 3.58 · LRV 52
0637 · #A6D0EC · ΔE 4.03 · LRV 59
0615 · #B4CCDF · ΔE 4.27 · LRV 58
0651 · #A8CCDD · ΔE 6.57 · LRV 57

Similar Glidden colors

closest in the Glidden deck

The nearest shades to Set Sail within Glidden's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

04BB 57/189 · LRV 57
90BG 57/143 · LRV 57
PPG1239-3 · LRV 55
PPG1240-3 · LRV 59
74BG 61/206 · LRV 61
30BB 55/152 · LRV 55

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #ABCAEA in HSL space. Pair Set Sail with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#ABCAEA + #EACBAB
TRIADIC
#ABCAEA · #EAABCA · #CAEAAB
ANALOGOUS
#ABE9EA · #ABCAEA · #ABABEA

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.7:1 fail
Sample text on black
12.37:1 AAA

WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.

Glidden Set Sail Equivalents at Other Brands

Matching Set Sail from a different paint counter? Below is the single closest color in each major US deck and how close it really is. Remember that any paint store can also custom-tint Glidden PPG1243-3 directly — these equivalents are for when you'd rather stay inside one brand's own deck.

Sherwin-Williams Equivalent of Set Sail

Sherwin-Williams doesn't make a true equivalent of Set Sail — the nearest deck color, Agapanthus (SW 9066), is clearly different (ΔE 6.94). For an exact match, any Sherwin-Williams retailer can custom-tint Glidden PPG1243-3 instead. See the full Agapanthus swatch →

Behr Equivalent of Set Sail

At Behr, the closest color to Set Sail is Heritage (600F-4) — very close at ΔE 2.68, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 56 vs 57) and carries a cool blue undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Heritage swatch →

Benjamin Moore Equivalent of Set Sail

Benjamin Moore has no exact twin of Set Sail. The nearest is Palatial Skies (800) at ΔE 4.87 — close, but the difference shows next to trim and in side light. It runs slightly darker (LRV 55 vs 57). Compare large swatches before substituting. See the full Palatial Skies swatch →

Valspar Equivalent of Set Sail

At Valspar, the closest color to Set Sail is Utterly Blue (4006-7B) — very close at ΔE 2.83, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 56.6 vs 57) and carries a cool blue undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Utterly Blue swatch →

PPG / Glidden Equivalent of Set Sail

The closest PPG / Glidden equivalent of Set Sail is Baby Bunting (1243-3). At ΔE 0 the two are indistinguishable on a wall — it carries the same cool blue undertone and sits at the same lightness (LRV 57 vs 57). If PPG / Glidden is your counter, order Baby Bunting and you'll get the same color. See the full Baby Bunting swatch →

Dutch Boy Equivalent of Set Sail

Dutch Boy has no exact twin of Set Sail. The nearest is Fine Blue (237-4DB) at ΔE 4.85 — close, but the difference shows next to trim and in side light. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 57 vs 57). Compare large swatches before substituting. See the full Fine Blue swatch →

HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Equivalent of Set Sail

HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams doesn't make a true equivalent of Set Sail — the nearest deck color, Bedazzled (HGSW 1405), is clearly different (ΔE 6.94). For an exact match, any HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams retailer can custom-tint Glidden PPG1243-3 instead. See the full Bedazzled swatch →

Dunn-Edwards Equivalent of Set Sail

At Dunn-Edwards, the closest color to Set Sail is Afternoon Sky (DE5877) — very close at ΔE 2.76, though not an exact twin. It runs noticeably darker (LRV 51 vs 57) and carries a cool blue undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Afternoon Sky swatch →

Magnolia Home Equivalent of Set Sail

Magnolia Home doesn't make a true equivalent of Set Sail — the nearest deck color, Vibrant Horizon (JG-88), is clearly different (ΔE 11.5). For an exact match, any Magnolia Home retailer can custom-tint Glidden PPG1243-3 instead. See the full Vibrant Horizon swatch →

Farrow & Ball Equivalent of Set Sail

Farrow & Ball doesn't make a true equivalent of Set Sail — the nearest deck color, Blue Ground (NO. 210), is clearly different (ΔE 12.58). For an exact match, any Farrow & Ball retailer can custom-tint Glidden PPG1243-3 instead. See the full Blue Ground swatch →

Diamond Vogel Equivalent of Set Sail

At Diamond Vogel, the closest color to Set Sail is Marzena Dream (0637) — very close at ΔE 2.97, though not an exact twin. It runs slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 57) and carries a cool blue undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Marzena Dream swatch →

Hirshfield's Equivalent of Set Sail

Hirshfield's has no exact twin of Set Sail. The nearest is Marzena Dream (0637) at ΔE 4.03 — close, but the difference shows next to trim and in side light. It runs slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 57). Compare large swatches before substituting. See the full Marzena Dream swatch →

Rodda Equivalent of Set Sail

Rodda doesn't make a true equivalent of Set Sail — the nearest deck color, Dream Whisper (R085), is clearly different (ΔE 8.24). For an exact match, any Rodda retailer can custom-tint Glidden PPG1243-3 instead. See the full Dream Whisper swatch →

C2 Paint Equivalent of Set Sail

At C2 Paint, the closest color to Set Sail is Deep Freeze (C2-769) — very close at ΔE 2.57, though not an exact twin. It runs slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 57) and carries a cool blue undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Deep Freeze swatch →

Clare Equivalent of Set Sail

Clare doesn't make a true equivalent of Set Sail — the nearest deck color, Summer Friday (PNT100-LT-37), is clearly different (ΔE 10.64). For an exact match, any Clare retailer can custom-tint Glidden PPG1243-3 instead. See the full Summer Friday swatch →

Portola Paints Equivalent of Set Sail

At Portola Paints, the closest color to Set Sail is Illusion (ILLUSION) — very close at ΔE 2.53, though not an exact twin. It runs slightly darker (LRV 55 vs 57) and carries a cool blue undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Illusion swatch →

Annie Sloan Equivalent of Set Sail

Annie Sloan doesn't make a true equivalent of Set Sail — the nearest deck color, Louis Blue (LOUIS BLUE), is clearly different (ΔE 7.14). For an exact match, any Annie Sloan retailer can custom-tint Glidden PPG1243-3 instead. See the full Louis Blue swatch →

Backdrop Equivalent of Set Sail

Backdrop doesn't make a true equivalent of Set Sail — the nearest deck color, Lost in the 80s (BD-LO), is clearly different (ΔE 6.47). For an exact match, any Backdrop retailer can custom-tint Glidden PPG1243-3 instead. See the full Lost in the 80s swatch →

Rust-Oleum Equivalent of Set Sail

Rust-Oleum doesn't make a true equivalent of Set Sail — the nearest deck color, Serenity Blue (285139), is clearly different (ΔE 13.92). For an exact match, any Rust-Oleum retailer can custom-tint Glidden PPG1243-3 instead. See the full Serenity Blue swatch →

Kompozit Equivalent of Set Sail

Kompozit has no exact twin of Set Sail. The nearest is Marzena Dream (0637) at ΔE 4.03 — close, but the difference shows next to trim and in side light. It runs slightly lighter (LRV 59 vs 57). Compare large swatches before substituting. See the full Marzena Dream swatch →

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