PPG / Glidden Blue Thistle#ADC0D6 · LRV 51
Blue Thistle reads as a blue / cool — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what PPG / Glidden 1162-3 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Color spec
| Brand | PPG / Glidden |
| Name | Blue Thistle |
| SKU | 1162-3 |
| Hex | #ADC0D6 |
| RGB | 173, 192, 214 |
| HSL | 212°, 33%, 76% |
| LRV | 51 |
| Undertone | blue / cool |
| Family | Blue |
About PPG / Glidden Blue Thistle
At LRV 51, Blue Thistle 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.
Blue Thistle 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.
Kompozit alternative
The closest hex in the Kompozit deck, ranked by ΔE2000 (perceptual color difference). ΔE under 2 is indistinguishable to most eyes; under 5 is a very close visual match.
Closest matches at every US brand
9 brands · top 5 each5 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.
Valspar
Dunn-Edwards
Behr
Benjamin Moore
Farrow & Ball
Clare
Sherwin-Williams
Backdrop
Similar PPG / Glidden colors
closest in the PPG / Glidden deckThe nearest shades to Blue Thistle within PPG / Glidden's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #ADC0D6 in HSL space. Pair Blue Thistle with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
Accessibility (WCAG contrast)
WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.