Beautiful Dream (Behr 590A-3)
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Beautiful Dream (Behr 590A-3) is a medium, cool blue from Behr: LRV 56.3, so it reflects about 56 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Beautiful Dream
Four Behr colors picked for Beautiful Dream by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper blue, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Behr did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Beautiful Dream, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Agapanthus | SW 9066 | 56 | 2.6 | noticeably different |
| Benjamin Moore | Windmill Wings | 2067-60 | 62.6 | 3.2 | noticeably different |
| Valspar | Promise | 4005-7C | 55 | 1.4 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Blue Opal | 10-17 | 56 | 3.2 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Behr
The Behr blue colors nearest to Beautiful Dream (LRV 56.3 (estimated)) by LRV.
Lighter than Beautiful Dream
Darker than Beautiful Dream
Color data
| Brand | Behr |
|---|---|
| Color code | 590A-3 |
| Hex | #B6C7E3 |
| RGB | 182, 199, 227 |
| HSL | 217°, 45%, 80% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 56.3 (estimated from the hex) |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 79.8, 0.1, -15.8 |
| Undertone | Cool Blue |
| Temperature | cool |
| Color family | Blue |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Beautiful Dream (Behr 590A-3), published as #B6C7E3
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Beautiful Dream (Behr 590A-3)?
- Beautiful Dream has an LRV of 56.3 (estimated from its hex value). LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Beautiful Dream is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Beautiful Dream in another brand?
- Promise (Valspar 4005-7C) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 1.4 (very close).
- Is Beautiful Dream warm or cool?
- Behr lists Beautiful Dream as cool, with a Cool Blue undertone. Its Lab b* value is -15.8; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0); LRV is not published by Behr for this color and is estimated here from the color's own hex value. Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.