Blissful Blue
SW 6527 · #B2C8D8 · LRV 56 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Resolute Blue40
- 2Lost in the 80s51
- 3Blissful Blue56
- 4Honolulu Blue62
- 5After Rain68
What Color Is Blissful Blue, Really?
Blissful Blue reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Sherwin-Williams SW 6527 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Blissful Blue
Blissful 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. Blues calm a room, which makes them popular in bedrooms, bathrooms and home offices.
How Lighting Changes Blissful Blue
At LRV 56, Blissful Blue 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 Blissful 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 Sherwin-Williams SW 6527 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 | English HollyhockHDC-CT-16A · Behr | 1.6 | 56 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Airway828 · Benjamin Moore | 2.4 | 55 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Summer Rain8003-41B · Valspar | 3.4 | 55 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | SonataPPG1157-3 · PPG / Glidden | 2.8 | 55 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Island Morning Blue90BG 56/106 · Glidden | 1.4 | 56 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Secured337-2DB · Dutch Boy | 2.7 | 56 | Color page → |
Similar Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Blissful Blue within 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 #B2C8D8 in HSL space. Pair Blissful Blue with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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