Favorite Jeans (SW 9147)
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Favorite Jeans (SW 9147) is a deep, cool blue from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 35, so it reflects about 35 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Favorite Jeans
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Favorite Jeans 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 Favorite Jeans, 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 | Cable Knit Sweater | CSP-650 | 34.4 | 1.9 | very close |
| Behr | Cloisonne Blue | T14-14 | 33.4 | 2.1 | very close |
| Valspar | Nostalgia | 4007-6A | 34 | 1.2 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Dresden Dream | 1155-5 | 37 | 2.2 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams blue colors nearest to Favorite Jeans (LRV 35) by LRV.
Lighter than Favorite Jeans
Darker than Favorite Jeans
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9147 |
| Hex | #8AA3B1 |
| RGB | 138, 163, 177 |
| HSL | 202°, 20%, 62% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 35 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 65.6, -5.5, -10.1 |
| Undertone | Cool Blue |
| Temperature | cool |
| Color family | Blue |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Favorite Jeans (SW 9147), published as #8AA3B1
#7799AF
#9DADB1
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Favorite Jeans (SW 9147)?
- Favorite Jeans has an LRV of 35. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Favorite Jeans is a deep color.
- What is the closest match to Favorite Jeans in another brand?
- Nostalgia (Valspar 4007-6A) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 1.2 (very close).
- Is Favorite Jeans warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Favorite Jeans as cool, with a Cool Blue undertone. Its Lab b* value is -10.1; 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.