Sleepy Blue (SW 6225)
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Sleepy Blue (SW 6225) is a medium, neutral gray from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 58, so it reflects about 58 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Sleepy Blue
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Sleepy Blue by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper gray, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Sherwin-Williams did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Sleepy Blue, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Moore | Smoke | 2122-40 | 56.4 | 1.2 | very close |
| Behr | Cloudy Day | 540E-2 | 59.5 | 1.2 | very close |
| Valspar | Schoolboy Blue | 4007-5B | 61 | 2.9 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Scandinavian Sky | 1149-3 | 63 | 2.0 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams gray colors nearest to Sleepy Blue (LRV 58) by LRV.
Lighter than Sleepy Blue
Darker than Sleepy Blue
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6225 |
| Hex | #BCCBCE |
| RGB | 188, 203, 206 |
| HSL | 190°, 16%, 77% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 58 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 80.7, -4.5, -3.2 |
| Undertone | Cool |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Sleepy Blue (SW 6225), published as #BCCBCE
#AAC1CC
#CFD5CE
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Sleepy Blue (SW 6225)?
- Sleepy Blue has an LRV of 58. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Sleepy Blue is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Sleepy Blue in another brand?
- Cloudy Day (Behr 540E-2) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.2 (very close).
- Is Sleepy Blue warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Sleepy Blue as neutral, with a Cool undertone. Its Lab b* value is -3.2; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). 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.