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SHERWIN-WILLIAMS · SW 6506

Sherwin-Williams Vast Sky#A9C9D7 · LRV 55

Vast Sky reads as a blue-green / cool — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Sherwin-Williams SW 6506 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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SHERWIN-WILLIAMS VAST SKY
RGB 169, 201, 215 LRV 55

Color spec

Brand Sherwin-Williams
Name Vast Sky
SKU SW 6506
Hex #A9C9D7
RGB 169, 201, 215
HSL 198°, 37%, 75%
LRV 55
Undertone blue-green / cool
Family Blue

About Sherwin-Williams Vast Sky

At LRV 55, Vast Sky 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.

Vast Sky 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.

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.

KOMPOZIT
Soft Blue
SKU 0651 · #A8CCDD · LRV 57
ΔE 1.37 (near-perfect)
SHOP KOMPOZIT ON AMAZON →

Closest matches at every US brand

9 brands · top 5 each

5 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 blue from that brand.

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.57
All blue at Valspar →
8003-41B
#AAC8D5
Summer Rain
ΔE 0.57 · LRV 55
T632
#A6C4D0
Drenched
ΔE 1.45 · LRV 52
4005-5B
#AAC5D4
Sailboat
ΔE 1.92 · LRV 53.1
8002-41B
#A2C9D6
Neptune's Castle
ΔE 2.18 · LRV 54
P071
#A8C3D3
Plein Air
ΔE 2.43 · LRV 52

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.39
All blue at Benjamin Moore →
CW-655
#ACC7D4
Greenhow Blue
ΔE 1.39 · LRV 55
1655
#AECBD4
Blue Bay Marina
ΔE 2.08 · LRV 57
836
#ADC6D4
Sea View
ΔE 2.2 · LRV
800
#A5C8DD
Palatial Skies
ΔE 2.63 · LRV 55
1668
#B0C9D0
Blue Stream
ΔE 2.96 · LRV 56

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.52
All blue at PPG / Glidden →
1157-3
#ABC8D8
Sonata
ΔE 1.52 · LRV 55
1238-3
#ADD0E0
Flemish Blue
ΔE 1.85 · LRV 59
1154-4
#ADC6D3
Twinkle
ΔE 2.03 · LRV 54
1158-3
#A4C3D7
Blue Bows
ΔE 3.04 · LRV 52
1163-3
#B6C3D1
Pageant Song
ΔE 6.53 · LRV 54

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.09
All blue at Backdrop →
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 2.09 · LRV 51
BD-UD
#A4B5BB
Underdog
ΔE 6.61 · LRV 41
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 18.11 · LRV 65
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 24.04 · LRV 60
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 29.76 · LRV 53

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.97
All blue at Behr →
MQ5-50
#AEC4D0
Opal Waters
ΔE 2.97 · LRV 53
HDC-SM14-8
#AFC9CF
Floating Blue
ΔE 3.3 · LRV 55
HDC-CT-16A
#B4C8D4
English Hollyhock
ΔE 3.54 · LRV 56
N490-3
#A7C7CD
Shaved Ice
ΔE 3.68 · LRV 53
PPU14-13
#ADC7DC
Caspian Tide
ΔE 4.18 · LRV 55

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.4
All blue at Dunn-Edwards →
DE5800
#A8BFCC
Peace River
ΔE 3.4 · LRV 50
DE5772
#ADC5C9
Blue Spruce
ΔE 4.3 · LRV 53
DE5765
#9ACAD3
Surfside
ΔE 5.39 · LRV 54
DE5877
#B0C6DF
Afternoon Sky
ΔE 6.7 · LRV 55
DE5744
#AECAC8
Seaport
ΔE 7.1 · LRV 55

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.5
All blue at Clare →
PNT100-LT-37
#B1C6CA
Summer Friday
ΔE 4.5 · LRV 54
PNT100-MD-73
#ADBECB
Cloud Watching
ΔE 5.2 · LRV 50
PNT100-LT-35
#B9CDC8
Views
ΔE 8.65 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-10
#C1CAC5
Grayish
ΔE 10.17 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-09
#C1C3C0
Motor City
ΔE 11.5 · LRV 54

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.67
All blue at Magnolia Home →
JG-88
#AFCACD
Vibrant Horizon
ΔE 4.67 · LRV 56
JG-76
#AEC8CA
It Is Well
ΔE 5.12 · LRV 55
JG-93
#C1C6CE
Cement Pots
ΔE 9.13 · LRV 56
JG-83
#C1C5C5
Loft
ΔE 9.92 · LRV 55
JG-12
#C5C9C2
Wedding Band
ΔE 12.23 · LRV 58

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.6
All blue at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 89
#A1B8CA
Lulworth Blue
ΔE 5.6 · LRV 46
NO. 210
#A1C5C8
Blue Ground
ΔE 5.71 · LRV 52
NO. 27
#B2BFC5
Parma Gray
ΔE 6.16 · LRV 51
NO. 236
#C0CDC2
Teresa's Green
ΔE 12.07 · LRV 59
NO. 270
#CCC8CE
Calluna
ΔE 14.46 · LRV 59

Similar Sherwin-Williams colors

closest in the Sherwin-Williams deck

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

SW 6527
Blissful Blue
LRV 56
SW 6520
Honest Blue
LRV 55
SW 6499
Stream
LRV 57
SW 6513
Take Five
LRV 56
SW 9055
Billowy Breeze
LRV 54
SW 9145
Sleepy Hollow
LRV 56

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #A9C9D7 in HSL space. Pair Vast Sky with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#A9C9D7 + #D7B7A9
TRIADIC
#A9C9D7 · #D7A9C9 · #C9D7A9
ANALOGOUS
#A9D7CE · #A9C9D7 · #A9B2D7

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.75:1 fail
Sample text on black
12.02:1 AAA

WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.

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