Honorable Blue (SW 6811)
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Honorable Blue (SW 6811) is a very deep, cool blue from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 6, so it reflects about 6 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Honorable Blue
Three Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Honorable Blue by this site's color math: a trim white, 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 Honorable 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 | Laura Bay | 2064-20 | 8.2 | 1.7 | very close |
| Behr | Sailboat | S-H-590 | 6.8 | 3.9 | noticeably different |
| Valspar | Indigo Cloth | 4009-7 | 9 | 8.2 | clearly different |
| PPG Paints | Blue Tang | 10-32 | 7 | 3.2 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams blue colors nearest to Honorable Blue (LRV 6) by LRV.
Lighter than Honorable Blue
Darker than Honorable Blue
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6811 |
| Hex | #164576 |
| RGB | 22, 69, 118 |
| HSL | 211°, 69%, 27% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 6 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 28.7, 3.2, -32.5 |
| Undertone | Cool Blue |
| Temperature | cool |
| Color family | Blue |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Honorable Blue (SW 6811), published as #164576
#003D74
#364D77
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Honorable Blue (SW 6811)?
- Honorable Blue has an LRV of 6. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Honorable Blue is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Honorable Blue in another brand?
- Laura Bay (BM 2064-20) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 1.7 (very close).
- Is Honorable Blue warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Honorable Blue as cool, with a Cool Blue undertone. Its Lab b* value is -32.5; 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.