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Slate Blue & Greige Bedroom Color Scheme

A calm, modern bedroom built on soft slate blue, warm greige, and a deep indigo accent, all matched to real paint you can buy.

By Mark Thompson · Pro Contractor & Field Editor

Start with Slate Blue on the walls. It is a quiet, slightly grayed blue that wraps a bedroom in a calm, end-of-the-day feeling, the kind of color that helps your shoulders drop the minute you walk in. It is soft enough to live with every day, never loud, and it shifts gently with the light from cooler in the morning to almost gray at dusk.

For the trim, lean on Warm Greige. It is just creamy enough to keep the room from feeling cold, and it frames the blue walls with a cozy, grounded edge instead of a sharp white line. Then bring in Deep Indigo as your accent, the moody depth that makes the whole scheme feel intentional. Put it on a headboard, a chair, or your bedding. So: slate blue on the walls, warm greige on the trim and doors, and deep indigo saved for one or two accent pieces.

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Slate Blue
walls
Glidden Night Sky Grey · 90BG 25/079
#7D8A96
LRV 25
Warm Greige
trim
Hirshfield's Parsnip · H0106
#CDC3B0
LRV 55
Deep Indigo
accent
Behr Starless Night · PPU14-20
#3E4855
LRV 6

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Slate Blue
#7C8B98 · LRV 25 · walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6242 · ΔE 2.02
Behr · MQ5-20 · ΔE 1.53
Benjamin Moore · CSP-620 · ΔE 2.94
Valspar · V137-5 · ΔE 0.82
PPG / Glidden · PPG1042-5 · ΔE 2.82
Glidden · 90BG 25/079 · ΔE 0.77
Dutch Boy · 340-5DB · ΔE 4
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3353 · ΔE 2.02
Dunn-Edwards · DE5802 · ΔE 3.65
Magnolia Home · JG-95 · ΔE 4.59
Farrow & Ball · NO. 306 · ΔE 3.3
Diamond Vogel · 0506 · ΔE 1.89
Hirshfield's · 0491 · ΔE 5.79
Rodda · CA194 · ΔE 5.52
C2 Paint · C2-731 · ΔE 3.36
Clare · PNT100-MD-16 · ΔE 6.78
Portola Paints · CYCLONE · ΔE 1.83
Annie Sloan · GREEK BLUE · ΔE 5.62
Backdrop · BD-PW · ΔE 2.85
Rust-Oleum · 391446 · ΔE 13.11
Kompozit · 0491 · ΔE 5.79
Warm Greige
#CFC4B2 · LRV 56 · trim
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9606 · ΔE 1.28
Behr · ECC-14-1 · ΔE 0.93
Benjamin Moore · HC-83 · ΔE 1.83
Valspar · 8004-20B · ΔE 1.13
PPG / Glidden · PPG1021-2 · ΔE 1.28
Glidden · PPG1021-2 · ΔE 1.2
Dutch Boy · 419-2DB · ΔE 1.39
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2487 · ΔE 1.4
Dunn-Edwards · DEC767 · ΔE 1.84
Magnolia Home · JG-104 · ΔE 1.38
Farrow & Ball · NO. 264 · ΔE 1.49
Diamond Vogel · 0343 · ΔE 2.3
Hirshfield's · H0106 · ΔE 0.83
Rodda · CA040 · ΔE 1.56
C2 Paint · C2-911 · ΔE 0.93
Clare · PNT100-LT-70 · ΔE 7.57
Portola Paints · TOPANGA · ΔE 4.48
Annie Sloan · PARIS GREY · ΔE 6.41
Backdrop · BD-RR · ΔE 3.15
Rust-Oleum · 285142 · ΔE 11.15
Kompozit · 0343 · ΔE 2.17
Deep Indigo
#3A4654 · LRV 6 · accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 2739 · ΔE 2.13
Behr · PPU14-20 · ΔE 1.1
Benjamin Moore · 2062-20 · ΔE 3.45
Valspar · 4008-4C · ΔE 2.76
PPG / Glidden · PPG1038-7 · ΔE 4.56
Glidden · PPG1038-7 · ΔE 4.32
Dutch Boy · 432-7DB · ΔE 3.49
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 1461 · ΔE 5.01
Dunn-Edwards · DEA184 · ΔE 1.47
Magnolia Home · JG-97 · ΔE 4.68
Farrow & Ball · NO. 225 · ΔE 7.84
Diamond Vogel · 0522 · ΔE 6.65
Hirshfield's · 0620 · ΔE 4.61
Rodda · CA204 · ΔE 4.91
C2 Paint · C2-742 · ΔE 2.68
Clare · PNT100-DP-54 · ΔE 9.7
Portola Paints · BLACK SKY · ΔE 7.84
Annie Sloan · AUBUSSON BLUE · ΔE 6.63
Backdrop · BD-LC · ΔE 5.59
Rust-Oleum · 285144 · ΔE 6.77
Kompozit · 0620 · ΔE 4.61

Questions

Is slate blue too dark for a small bedroom?

Not really. This slate blue is soft and a little gray, so it reads as a calm haze rather than a heavy color. In a small room it still feels restful, especially with the lighter greige trim opening things up.

What trim color goes with slate blue walls?

A warm greige is the easy pick here. It keeps the trim from looking cold next to the blue and adds a cozy edge, so the whole room feels settled instead of stark.

Where should I use the deep indigo?

Keep it as an accent, not a wall color. It works best on a headboard, a single piece of furniture, or bedding, where it grounds the room without darkening it.

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