Silken Peacock (SW 9059)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Silken Peacock (SW 9059) is a very deep, cool blue from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 15, so it reflects about 15 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Silken Peacock
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Silken Peacock by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper blue, 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 Silken Peacock, 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 | Coat of Arms | 763 | 14.7 | 3.3 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Grand Rapids | 530D-7 | 13.9 | 2.4 | noticeably different |
| Valspar | Night Scape | 5002-8C | 12 | 4.6 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Adventure | 1151-6 | 16 | 2.4 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams blue colors nearest to Silken Peacock (LRV 15) by LRV.
Lighter than Silken Peacock
Darker than Silken Peacock
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9059 |
| Hex | #427584 |
| RGB | 66, 117, 132 |
| HSL | 194°, 33%, 39% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 15 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 46.4, -12.7, -13.5 |
| Undertone | Cool Blue |
| Temperature | cool |
| Color family | Blue |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Silken Peacock (SW 9059), published as #427584
#286C82
#587E84
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Similar shades from Sherwin-Williams
More from Sherwin-Williams
Common questions
- What is the LRV of Silken Peacock (SW 9059)?
- Silken Peacock has an LRV of 15. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Silken Peacock is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Silken Peacock in another brand?
- Grand Rapids (Behr 530D-7) from Behr, at a deltaE of 2.4 (noticeably different).
- Is Silken Peacock warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Silken Peacock as cool, with a Cool Blue undertone. Its Lab b* value is -13.5; 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.