Vitamin Sea
PPG1241-2 · #C8DDED · LRV 70 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Resolute Blue40
- 2Honolulu Blue62
- 3Vitamin Sea70
- 4Pacific Panorama76
- 5Icy Bay83
What Color Is Vitamin Sea, Really?
Vitamin Sea reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1241-2 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Vitamin Sea
Vitamin Sea 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 Vitamin Sea
At LRV 70, Vitamin Sea 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 Vitamin Sea 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 PPG1241-2 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 | Rhythmic BlueSW 6806 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.6 | 69 | Color page → |
| Behr | Blue Me AwayM510-1 · Behr | 2.0 | 69 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Breath of Fresh Air806 · Benjamin Moore | 3.5 | 69 | Color page → |
| Valspar | TourmalineV036-1 · Valspar | 1.4 | 68.2 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Vitamin SeaPPG1241-2 · Glidden | 0.4 | 70 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Glacial Winds138-3DB · Dutch Boy | 2.0 | 69 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Vitamin Sea 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 #C8DDED in HSL space. Pair Vitamin Sea with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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