Byte Blue
SW 6498 · #C5DCE0 · LRV 68 — cool blue-green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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What Color Is Byte Blue, Really?
Byte Blue reads as a cool blue-green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Sherwin-Williams SW 6498 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Byte Blue
Byte 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. Grays like this read as a modern neutral and sit comfortably alongside both warm woods and cool metals.
How Lighting Changes Byte Blue
At LRV 68, Byte Blue is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its teal 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 Byte 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 6498 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 | |
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| Behr | Rain DanceS480-1 · Behr | 1.1 | 67 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Glacier Blue1653 · Benjamin Moore | 0.6 | 70 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Fine ChinaM314 · Valspar | 1.6 | 68 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | GalacticaPPG1235-3 · PPG / Glidden | 0.7 | 69 | Color page → |
| Glidden | GalacticaPPG1235-3 · Glidden | 0.7 | 69 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Salty Air335-1DB · Dutch Boy | 1.6 | 68 | Color page → |
Similar Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Byte 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 #C5DCE0 in HSL space. Pair Byte Blue with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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