Sweet Dreams
PPG1241-3 · #9CC6EA · LRV 53 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Williamsburg Wedgwood Blue28
- 2Resolute Blue40
- 3Sweet Dreams53
- 4Honolulu Blue62
- 5After Rain68
What Color Is Sweet Dreams, Really?
Sweet Dreams reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1241-3 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Sweet Dreams
Sweet Dreams 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 Sweet Dreams
At LRV 53, Sweet Dreams 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 Sweet Dreams 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 PPG / Glidden PPG1241-3 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 | Bellflower610D-4 · Behr | 4.1 | 51 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Swiss Blue815 · Benjamin Moore | 3.1 | 51 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Bluish4006-9C · Valspar | 1.3 | 54.4 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Sweet DreamsPPG1241-3 · Glidden | 0.7 | 54 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Water Drop238-3DB · Dutch Boy | 4.6 | 52 | Color page → |
| Dunn-Edwards | Sail to the SeaDE5863 · Dunn-Edwards | 2.4 | 49 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Sweet Dreams within PPG / 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 #9CC6EA in HSL space. Pair Sweet Dreams with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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