Starry Night (SW 6540)
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Starry Night (SW 6540) is a light, neutral gray from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 69, so it reflects about 69 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Starry Night
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Starry Night 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 Starry Night, 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 | Violet Sparkle | 1422 | 68.7 | 1.3 | very close |
| Behr | Will O The Wisp | MQ3-59 | 68.8 | 1.0 | very close |
| Valspar | Orchid Ash | 4003-3B | 68 | 1.7 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Cumberland Fog | 1168-2 | 71 | 1.1 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams gray colors nearest to Starry Night (LRV 69) by LRV.
Lighter than Starry Night
Darker than Starry Night
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6540 |
| Hex | #D6D9DE |
| RGB | 214, 217, 222 |
| HSL | 218°, 11%, 85% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 69 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 86.6, -0.1, -2.8 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Starry Night (SW 6540), published as #D6D9DE
#C4CFDC
#E9E3DE
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Starry Night (SW 6540)?
- Starry Night has an LRV of 69. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Starry Night is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Starry Night in another brand?
- Will O The Wisp (Behr MQ3-59) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.0 (very close).
- Is Starry Night warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Starry Night as neutral, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is -2.8; 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.