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Pastel Blue Color Palette — Sable Morning

A soft four-color scheme pairing airy pastel blue with a grounding sable brown and quiet warm neutrals, with every color matched to real paint you can buy.

By Maya Patel · Reviews Editor & Product Tester

Pastel blue can drift into baby-nursery territory fast, so the trick is giving it a grown-up partner. Here Powder Sky carries the room with that soft, airy blue everyone wants right now, and Sable Brown steps in as the anchor that keeps it from feeling flimsy.

Soft Linen and Warm Greige fill the space between them, doing the quiet work so nothing competes. They are the neutrals you barely notice, which is exactly the point — they let the blue stay the star.

For the spark, Slate Blue bridges the two extremes: it echoes the pastel but with more depth, so it reads as a deliberate accent rather than a third unrelated color. This is a calm, current scheme that leans warm-minimal without going cold. Powder Sky leads, sable grounds, and the rest stay out of the way.

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Powder Sky
Dominant
Valspar Easy on the Eyes · 8003-45A
#C6D9E6
LRV 67
Sable Brown
Secondary
Behr Cacao · UL160-22
#695747
LRV 10
Soft Linen
Base
Valspar Dove White · 7002-7
#F2EDE3
LRV 85
Warm Greige
Support
Sherwin-Williams Sandbar · SW 7547
#CBBFAD
LRV 53
Slate Blue
Accent
Dunn-Edwards Frozen Lake · DE5815
#7B9CB3
LRV 29

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Each color matched to the closest real paint in every brand, by ΔE2000. Tap a swatch for its full guide or + to save it — take any SKU to the store, they mix on demand.

Powder Sky
#C7DAE6 · LRV 68 · Dominant
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6806 · ΔE 1.43
Behr · HDC-CT-15 · ΔE 1.98
Benjamin Moore · 806 · ΔE 2.11
Valspar · 8003-45A · ΔE 0.5
PPG / Glidden · PPG1157-2 · ΔE 1.04
Glidden · 70BG 69/094 · ΔE 0.76
Dutch Boy · 339-1DB · ΔE 0.74
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 1397 · ΔE 1.43
Dunn-Edwards · DE5799 · ΔE 1.48
Magnolia Home · JG-74 · ΔE 7.83
Farrow & Ball · NO. 235 · ΔE 5.34
Diamond Vogel · 0614 · ΔE 1.12
Hirshfield's · 0614 · ΔE 0.75
Rodda · CA181 · ΔE 7.41
C2 Paint · C2-753 · ΔE 1.71
Clare · PNT100-LT-36 · ΔE 5.16
Portola Paints · GYPSY · ΔE 13.47
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 21.87
Backdrop · BD-RR · ΔE 15.52
Rust-Oleum · 285142 · ΔE 18.34
Kompozit · 0614 · ΔE 0.75
Sable Brown
#6B5847 · LRV 11 · Secondary
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7054 · ΔE 4.59
Behr · UL160-22 · ΔE 0.66
Benjamin Moore · 2108-30 · ΔE 2.03
Valspar · 2008-9A · ΔE 1.73
PPG / Glidden · PPG15-13 · ΔE 3.51
Glidden · PPG15-13 · ΔE 2.39
Dutch Boy · 414-7DB · ΔE 3.18
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3492 · ΔE 4.59
Dunn-Edwards · DE6070 · ΔE 2.25
Magnolia Home · JG-168 · ΔE 5.66
Farrow & Ball · NO. CB5 · ΔE 7.52
Diamond Vogel · 0340 · ΔE 4.27
Hirshfield's · 0235 · ΔE 3.22
Rodda · CA072 · ΔE 4.83
C2 Paint · C2-597 · ΔE 5.57
Clare · PNT100-DP-67 · ΔE 14.1
Portola Paints · WONDERLAND · ΔE 12.62
Annie Sloan · PRIMER RED · ΔE 12.71
Backdrop · BD-BA · ΔE 5.26
Rust-Oleum · 391445 · ΔE 21.29
Kompozit · 0235 · ΔE 3.22
Soft Linen
#F2EDE3 · LRV 85 · Base
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7566 · ΔE 0.49
Behr · PPU5-09 · ΔE 1.24
Benjamin Moore · OC-17 · ΔE 1.9
Valspar · 7002-7 · ΔE 0
PPG / Glidden · PPG1020-1 · ΔE 0.96
Glidden · PPG1020-1 · ΔE 1
Dutch Boy · 020W · ΔE 1.13
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4003 · ΔE 0.49
Dunn-Edwards · DE6120 · ΔE 2.45
Magnolia Home · JG-107 · ΔE 1.73
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2003 · ΔE 1.2
Diamond Vogel · 0003 · ΔE 0.63
Hirshfield's · 0558 · ΔE 0.56
Rodda · R010 · ΔE 1
C2 Paint · C2-708 · ΔE 1.05
Clare · PNT100-LT-24 · ΔE 2.54
Portola Paints · ORIGAMI · ΔE 2.27
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 11.86
Backdrop · BD-JA · ΔE 1.5
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 5.08
Kompozit · 0558 · ΔE 0.56
Warm Greige
#CBBFAE · LRV 53 · Support
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7547 · ΔE 0.43
Behr · T12-14 · ΔE 0.5
Benjamin Moore · 996 · ΔE 0.84
Valspar · 6006-1B · ΔE 0.93
PPG / Glidden · PPG1023-3 · ΔE 1.78
Glidden · PPG1023-3 · ΔE 1.63
Dutch Boy · 420-2DB · ΔE 1.15
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3506 · ΔE 1.15
Dunn-Edwards · DEC752 · ΔE 0.89
Magnolia Home · JG-109 · ΔE 1.49
Farrow & Ball · NO. 211 · ΔE 1.89
Diamond Vogel · 0188 · ΔE 1.7
Hirshfield's · 0183 · ΔE 1.83
Rodda · CA034 · ΔE 0.49
C2 Paint · C2-800 · ΔE 2.23
Clare · PNT100-LT-09 · ΔE 7.98
Portola Paints · TOPANGA · ΔE 3.79
Annie Sloan · PARIS GREY · ΔE 6.73
Backdrop · BD-BG · ΔE 11.44
Rust-Oleum · 285143 · ΔE 11.31
Kompozit · 0183 · ΔE 1.83
Slate Blue
#7E9CB2 · LRV 31 · Accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9064 · ΔE 2.11
Behr · UL230-17 · ΔE 2.38
Benjamin Moore · 1670 · ΔE 3.08
Valspar · V108-4 · ΔE 1.69
PPG / Glidden · PPG1152-4 · ΔE 1.62
Glidden · PPG1152-4 · ΔE 1.75
Dutch Boy · 337-4DB · ΔE 3.63
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2394 · ΔE 4.92
Dunn-Edwards · DE5815 · ΔE 0.74
Magnolia Home · JG-84 · ΔE 8.23
Farrow & Ball · NO. 85 · ΔE 5.98
Diamond Vogel · 0632 · ΔE 2.56
Hirshfield's · 0632 · ΔE 1.88
Rodda · CA196 · ΔE 6.6
C2 Paint · C2-748 · ΔE 2.85
Clare · PNT100-MD-39 · ΔE 4.86
Portola Paints · TWIN PEAKS · ΔE 6.95
Annie Sloan · PROVENCE · ΔE 14.86
Backdrop · BD-PW · ΔE 6.78
Rust-Oleum · 371675 · ΔE 10.04
Kompozit · 0632 · ΔE 1.88

Questions

Why does pastel blue work with a brown like sable?

Cool and warm balance each other. The pastel blue keeps the room light and fresh, while the sable brown adds weight so the space does not feel washed out or chilly.

How much of each color should I use?

Lead with the pastel blue on the largest surfaces, keep the linen and greige as quiet backups, and save sable and slate blue for trim, furniture, or one accent wall.

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