Babbling Creek
0588 · #A7BAD3 · LRV 50 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Wolf Gray21
- 2Resolute Blue40
- 3Babbling Creek50
- 4Honolulu Blue62
- 5After Rain68
What Color Is Babbling Creek, Really?
Babbling Creek reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Hirshfield's 0588 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Babbling Creek
Babbling Creek 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 Babbling Creek
At LRV 50, Babbling Creek 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 Babbling Creek 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 Hirshfield's 0588 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behr | Perennial BlueM530-3 · Behr | 1.7 | 48 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Sunrise829 · Benjamin Moore | 1.3 | 48 | Color page → |
| Valspar | September AsterP073 · Valspar | 2.2 | 49.4 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | ValorPPG1244-3 · PPG / Glidden | 2.0 | 49 | Color page → |
| Glidden | DreamyPPG1164-4 · Glidden | 2.2 | 49 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Twilight Dreams240-3DB · Dutch Boy | 3.1 | 46 | Color page → |
Similar Hirshfield's Colors
The nearest shades to Babbling Creek within Hirshfield's'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 #A7BAD3 in HSL space. Pair Babbling Creek with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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