Dress Blues (SW 9176)
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Dress Blues (SW 9176) is a very deep, cool blue from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 5, so it reflects about 5 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Dress Blues
Three Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Dress Blues 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 Dress Blues, 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 | Downpour Blue | 2063-20 | 7.5 | 2.3 | very close |
| Behr | Lake View | PPF-57 | 6.3 | 2.1 | very close |
| Valspar | Indigo Streamer | 4010-4 | 7 | 6.4 | clearly different |
| PPG Paints | Annapolis Blue | 1164-7 | 7 | 3.0 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams blue colors nearest to Dress Blues (LRV 5) by LRV.
Lighter than Dress Blues
Darker than Dress Blues
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9176 |
| Hex | #2B4360 |
| RGB | 43, 67, 96 |
| HSL | 213°, 38%, 27% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 5 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 27.8, 0.1, -20.0 |
| Undertone | Cool Blue |
| Temperature | cool |
| Color family | Blue |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Dress Blues (SW 9176), published as #2B4360
#0F3B5E
#404B60
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Dress Blues (SW 9176)?
- Dress Blues has an LRV of 5. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Dress Blues is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Dress Blues in another brand?
- Lake View (Behr PPF-57) from Behr, at a deltaE of 2.1 (very close).
- Is Dress Blues warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Dress Blues as cool, with a Cool Blue undertone. Its Lab b* value is -20.0; 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.