Sleepy Blue
HGSW 6225 · #BCCBCE · LRV 58 — cool blue-green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Stardew43
- 2Quietude48
- 3Sleepy Blue58
- 4Sea Salt63
- 5Wickham Gray68
What Color Is Sleepy Blue, Really?
Sleepy Blue reads as a cool blue-green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams HGSW 6225 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Sleepy Blue
Sleepy 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 Sleepy Blue
At LRV 58, Sleepy 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 Sleepy 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 HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams HGSW 6225 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 | 0.0 | 58 | Color page → |
| Behr | Urban RaincoatN440-2 · Behr | 2.0 | 58 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Gentle Gray1626 · Benjamin Moore | 2.0 | 57 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Milky Way8004-37B · Valspar | 1.1 | 58 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Babbling BrookPPG1144-3 · PPG / Glidden | 2.7 | 59 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Silver Blue Sea30BG 56/045 · Glidden | 2.3 | 56 | Color page → |
Similar HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Sleepy Blue within HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams'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 #BCCBCE in HSL space. Pair Sleepy Blue with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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