Endless Sea (SW 9150)
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Endless Sea (SW 9150) is a very deep, cool blue from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 9, so it reflects about 9 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Endless Sea
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Endless Sea 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 Endless Sea, 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 | Summer Nights | 777 | 10.8 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Shasta Lake | M490-7 | 9.7 | 1.6 | very close |
| Valspar | Newport Gray | 4011-5 | 9 | 2.5 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Brigade | 1152-6 | 10 | 1.7 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams blue colors nearest to Endless Sea (LRV 9) by LRV.
Lighter than Endless Sea
Darker than Endless Sea
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9150 |
| Hex | #32586E |
| RGB | 50, 88, 110 |
| HSL | 202°, 38%, 31% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 9 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 35.6, -6.7, -16.7 |
| Undertone | Cool Blue |
| Temperature | cool |
| Color family | Blue |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Endless Sea (SW 9150), published as #32586E
#154F6C
#48616E
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Endless Sea (SW 9150)?
- Endless Sea has an LRV of 9. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Endless Sea is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Endless Sea in another brand?
- Summer Nights (BM 777) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.8 (indistinguishable).
- Is Endless Sea warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Endless Sea as cool, with a Cool Blue undertone. Its Lab b* value is -16.7; 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.