Sherwin Williams Honest Blue SW 6520
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- Honest Blue for bedroom (1 photo)
- Honest Blue for living room (2 photos)
- Honest Blue for exterior (1 photo)
- Sherwin Williams Honest Blue reviews (6 photos)
- What are Sherwin Williams Honest Blue undertones?
- Is Honest Blue SW 6520 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Honest Blue
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Honest Blue SW 6520
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Honest Blue SW 6520 |
| Code: | SW 6520 |
| Name: | Honest Blue |
| Brand: | Sherwin Williams |
| Collections: | Living Well |
What color is Sherwin Williams Honest Blue?
Sherwin Williams Honest Blue SW 6520 is a light, softened blue with a noticeable gray cast that keeps it from reading sugary or overly bright. Its cool blue character can appear a little cleaner in daylight, while lower or warmer light tends to bring out its muted, silvery quality. This color has enough depth for full-room walls in a bedroom, bathroom, or home office without making the space feel heavy. Pair Honest Blue with crisp white trim, pale oak, brushed nickel, and soft gray textiles for a restrained, airy palette. It also makes a gentle choice for painted cabinetry or a front door when surrounded by neutral siding and white architectural details.
Honest Blue for bedroom
We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing blue shade used in real bedrooms. Take a look and imagine how this wonderful cool mid-tone paint color could transform your own bedroom space.
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Honest Blue for living room (2 photos)
Check out this stunning mid-tone color used in real living rooms. Explore how this blue shade can create a unique space
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Honest Blue for exterior
Looking for a fresh new look for your house exterior or starting from skretch? We’ve collected pictures of real-life homes that have been painted with this cool blue hue. Find inspiration for your house’s exterior, front doors, gates, shutters, frames or windows.
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Sherwin Williams Honest Blue reviews (6 photos)
View the photos of real spaces painted with this blue that were not included in specific categories. Close-ups, painted furniture, storages and dressers, hallways, stairs and ceilings.
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What are Sherwin Williams Honest Blue undertones?
Honest Blue is a mid-light, very muted pale blue-gray. The HEX sample has a subtle blue bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear blue. Warm bulbs may gray the color down, while cool daylight usually makes its blue or teal direction clearer.
HEX value:
RGB code:
178, 199, 211
Is Sherwin Williams Honest Blue cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 202°, this Blue reads cool based on its HSL hue position.
SW 6520 Honest Blue HSL code: 202, 27%, 76%
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 Honest Blue
Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.
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:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Sherwin Williams Honest Blue:
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 6520
Honest Blue
Darker shades
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 Honest Blue with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 22, such as Sherwin Williams Studio Mauve and Truly Taupe.
LRV of Honest Blue
Honest Blue has an LRV of 54.87% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half of the incident light. Why LRV is important?
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 54.87%, 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
We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models
| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #b2c7d3 |
| RGB Decimal | 178, 199, 211 |
| RGB Percent | 69.80%, 78.04%, 82.75% |
| HSV | Hue: 202° Saturation: 15.64% Value: 82.75% |
| HSL | hsl(202, 27, 76) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 15.64 Magenta: 5.69 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 17.25 |
| YIQ | Y: 194.089 I: -16.37 Q: -0.708 |
| XYZ | X: 50.538 Y: 55.014 Z: 69.566 |
| CIE Lab | L:79.049 a:-4.626 b:-8.379 |
| CIE Luv | L:79.049 u:-11.747 v:-12.092 |
| Decimal | 11716563 |
| Hunter Lab | 74.171, -8.176, -3.689 |
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