Hinting Blue (SW 6519)
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Hinting Blue (SW 6519) is a light, neutral gray from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 68, so it reflects about 68 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Hinting Blue
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Hinting 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 Hinting 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 | Silver Mist | 1619 | 62.2 | 1.7 | very close |
| Behr | Cumberland Fog | 560E-2 | 67.4 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Rising Tide | 4008-3A | 71 | 1.5 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Zen | 1040-1 | 68 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams gray colors nearest to Hinting Blue (LRV 68) by LRV.
Lighter than Hinting Blue
Darker than Hinting Blue
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6519 |
| Hex | #CED9DD |
| RGB | 206, 217, 221 |
| HSL | 196°, 18%, 84% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 68 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 86.0, -2.9, -3.2 |
| Undertone | Cool |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Hinting Blue (SW 6519), published as #CED9DD
#BCCFDB
#E1E3DD
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Hinting Blue (SW 6519)?
- Hinting Blue has an LRV of 68. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Hinting Blue is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Hinting Blue in another brand?
- Cumberland Fog (Behr 560E-2) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Hinting Blue warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Hinting 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.