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Little Boy Blu

SW 9054 · #C7D8DB · LRV 67 · cool blue-green tone

SW 9054 · #C7D8DB · LRV 67 — cool blue-green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.

Little Boy BluSherwin-Williams · SW 9054
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Little Boy Blu
SHERWIN-WILLIAMS · SW 9054 · #C7D8DB
Brand · codeSherwin-WilliamsSW 9054 · all Sherwin-Williams grays
LRV67Light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
Undertonecool blue-green tone
FamilyGray
Hex · RGB · HSL#C7D8DB · 199, 216, 219 · 189°, 22%, 82%Display values from the brand. Match it at another brand
Sheen we recommendEggshell on walls · satin on trim and cabinetsWhich sheen where, explained
Where it sits, light to dark
  1. 1Stardew43
  2. 2Palladian Blue60
  3. 3Little Boy Blu67
  4. 4Spatial White72
  5. 5Spring Thaw83
Undertone and depth

What Color Is Little Boy Blu, Really?

Little Boy Blu reads as a cool blue-green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Sherwin-Williams SW 9054 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.

Room by room

Best Rooms and Uses for Little Boy Blu

Little Boy Blu 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.

Light by light

How Lighting Changes Little Boy Blu

At LRV 67, Little Boy Blu 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.

Test it in your light, not a showroom's

Most complaints about Little Boy Blu 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.

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Need It From Another Brand?

Any paint counter can custom-tint Sherwin-Williams SW 9054 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.

Same deck, next chip over

Similar Sherwin-Williams Colors

The nearest shades to Little Boy Blu within Sherwin-Williams's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

Contrast, for text and signage
Black text on Little Boy Blu · 14.3 : 1 · passes AA and AAAWhite text on Little Boy Blu · 1.5 : 1 · fails for text

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 #C7D8DB in HSL space. Pair Little Boy Blu with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#C7D8DB + #DBCAC7
TRIADIC
#C7D8DB · #DBC7D8 · #D8DBC7
ANALOGOUS
#C7DBD4 · #C7D8DB · #C7CEDB

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