Sherwin Williams Festoon Aqua SW 0019

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Sherwin Williams SW 0019 on kitchen cabinets (1 photo)
Sherwin Williams Festoon Aqua reviews (6 photos)
What are Sherwin Williams Festoon Aqua undertones?
Is Festoon Aqua SW 0019 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Festoon Aqua
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Festoon Aqua SW 0019
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	SW 0019
Name:	Festoon Aqua
Brand:	Sherwin Williams
Collections:	Living Well, Precious Baby, Historic Interior Color Wall, Victorian (1830s-1910s)

What color is Sherwin Williams Festoon Aqua?

Sherwin Williams Festoon Aqua SW 0019 is a muted blue-green with a noticeable gray cast that keeps it soft rather than bright. Its pale, moderately low-saturation appearance reads cool and airy, while the green undertone prevents it from feeling icy. In daylight, Festoon Aqua can look like a gentle wash of aqua, while lower or warmer artificial light may bring forward its subdued gray-green side. It suits bathrooms, bedrooms, laundry rooms, and painted built-ins where a quiet color is wanted without using plain neutral gray. Pair it with warm white trim, pale oak, weathered wood, brushed nickel, or charcoal accents for contrast.

Sherwin Williams SW 0019 on kitchen cabinets

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Sherwin Williams Festoon Aqua reviews (6 photos)

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What are Sherwin Williams Festoon Aqua undertones?

Festoon Aqua is a mid-light, very muted muted teal-gray. The HEX sample has a subtle teal bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear teal. Warm bulbs may gray the color down, while cool daylight usually makes its blue or teal direction clearer.

HEX value:

#A0BBB8

RGB code:

160, 187, 184

Is Sherwin Williams Festoon Aqua cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 173°, this Blue reads cool based on its HSL hue position.

SW 0019 Festoon Aqua HSL code: 173, 17%, 68%

Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.

How light temperature affects Festoon Aqua

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

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In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:

Direction of sunlight	Visible temp.	Hue	Duration
North	Cool	Bluish	All day
East	Warm	Yellow	Before noon
West	Warm	Orange-red	After noon
South	Warm	Orange-yellow	All day

Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this Blue shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Sherwin Williams Festoon Aqua:

Monochromatic color scheme

This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.

Lighter shades

SW 0019
Festoon Aqua

Darker shades

SW 0019
Festoon Aqua

Complementary color scheme

This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Festoon Aqua with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 353, such as Sherwin Williams Whimsical White and Chaise Mauve.

SW 0019
Festoon Aqua

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LRV of Festoon Aqua

Festoon Aqua has an LRV of 46.62% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half of the incident light. Why LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).

Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 46.62%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft² living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.

Color codes

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Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models

Format	Code
HEX	#a0bbb8
RGB Decimal	160, 187, 184
RGB Percent	62.75%, 73.33%, 72.16%
HSV	Hue: 173° Saturation: 14.44% Value: 73.33%
HSL	hsl(173, 17, 68)
CMYK	Cyan: 14.44 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 1.6 Key: 26.67
YIQ	Y: 178.585 I: -15.125 Q: -6.645
XYZ	X: 40.916 Y: 46.474 Z: 52.149
CIE Lab	L:73.852 a:-9.759 b:-1.563
CIE Luv	L:73.852 u:-14.272 v:-0.696
Decimal	10533816
Hunter Lab	68.172, -12.166, 2.365