Sherwin-Williams Honest Blue#B2C7D3 · LRV 55
Honest Blue reads as a blue / cool — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Sherwin-Williams SW 6520 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Color spec
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
| Name | Honest Blue |
| SKU | SW 6520 |
| Hex | #B2C7D3 |
| RGB | 178, 199, 211 |
| HSL | 202°, 27%, 76% |
| LRV | 55 |
| Undertone | blue / cool |
| Family | Gray |
About Sherwin-Williams Honest Blue
At LRV 55, Honest 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.
Honest 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.
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 gray from that brand.
Behr
PPG / Glidden
Benjamin Moore
Valspar
Clare
Backdrop
Farrow & Ball
Dunn-Edwards
Similar Sherwin-Williams colors
closest in the Sherwin-Williams deckThe nearest shades to Honest 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.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #B2C7D3 in HSL space. Pair Honest Blue 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.