Sherwin Williams Lauren's Surprise SW 6791
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- Lauren's Surprise for exterior (5 photos)
- What are Sherwin Williams Lauren's Surprise undertones?
- Is Lauren's Surprise SW 6791 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Lauren's Surprise
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Lauren's Surprise SW 6791
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Lauren's Surprise SW 6791 |
| Code: | SW 6791 |
| Name: | Lauren's Surprise |
| Brand: | Sherwin Williams |
What color is Sherwin Williams Lauren's Surprise?
Sherwin Williams Lauren's Surprise SW 6791 is a pale, airy blue with a noticeable blue-green cast that keeps it from reading like a straightforward baby blue. Its high lightness and soft saturation make it especially suited to walls in bathrooms, bedrooms, laundry rooms, or sunlit sitting areas. In cooler daylight, Lauren's Surprise can appear crisp and lightly aqua, while warm bulbs may bring out its gentle grayness and soften the blue. Pair it with clean white trim, pale oak, light maple, and brushed nickel for a fresh, uncluttered look. For more contrast, use deep navy, charcoal, or muted forest-green accents rather than overly bright colors.
Lauren's Surprise for exterior (5 photos)
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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What are Sherwin Williams Lauren's Surprise undertones?
Lauren's Surprise is a light, very muted cool off-white. 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:
RGB code:
213, 229, 231
Is Sherwin Williams Lauren's Surprise cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 187°, this Blue reads cool based on its HSL hue position.
SW 6791 Lauren's Surprise HSL code: 187, 27%, 87%
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 Lauren's Surprise
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 Lauren's Surprise:
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
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Darker shades
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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 Lauren's Surprise with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 7, such as Sherwin Williams Mauve Tinge and Studio Mauve.
LRV of Lauren's Surprise
Lauren's Surprise has an LRV of 75.94% and refers to Off‑White colors that reflect a lot of 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 75.94%, 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 | #d5e5e7 |
| RGB Decimal | 213, 229, 231 |
| RGB Percent | 83.53%, 89.80%, 90.59% |
| HSV | Hue: 187° Saturation: 7.79% Value: 90.59% |
| HSL | hsl(187, 27, 87) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 7.79 Magenta: 0.87 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 9.41 |
| YIQ | Y: 224.444 I: -10.177 Q: -2.762 |
| XYZ | X: 69.879 Y: 75.953 Z: 86.559 |
| CIE Lab | L:89.838 a:-4.923 b:-2.795 |
| CIE Luv | L:89.838 u:-8.81 v:-3.449 |
| Decimal | 14018023 |
| Hunter Lab | 87.151, -9.39, 2.119 |
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