Take Five
SW 6513 · #B3C9D3 · LRV 56 — cool blue-green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Resolute Blue40
- 2Lost in the 80s51
- 3Take Five56
- 4Honolulu Blue62
- 5After Rain68
What Color Is Take Five, Really?
Take Five reads as a cool blue-green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Sherwin-Williams SW 6513 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Take Five
Take Five 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 Take Five
At LRV 56, Take Five 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 Take Five 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 6513 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 | 1.4 | 56 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Blue Stream1668 · Benjamin Moore | 2.1 | 56 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Summer Rain8003-41B · Valspar | 2.4 | 55 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | SonataPPG1157-3 · PPG / Glidden | 2.6 | 55 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Sea Spray30BG 56/097 · Glidden | 1.4 | 56 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Secured337-2DB · Dutch Boy | 0.0 | 56 | Color page → |
Similar Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Take Five 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 #B3C9D3 in HSL space. Pair Take Five with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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