Azure Tide (SW 9684)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Azure Tide (SW 9684) is a very deep, cool blue from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 12, so it reflects about 12 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Azure Tide
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Azure Tide 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 Azure Tide, 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 | Old Glory | 811 | 15.9 | 3.6 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Tidal | M510-6 | 10.9 | 2.2 | very close |
| Valspar | Egyptian Blue | 4011-7 | 12 | 1.4 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Chinese Porcelain | 1160-6 | 11 | 2.6 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams blue colors nearest to Azure Tide (LRV 12) by LRV.
Lighter than Azure Tide
Darker than Azure Tide
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9684 |
| Hex | #436585 |
| RGB | 67, 101, 133 |
| HSL | 209°, 33%, 39% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 12 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 41.5, -2.8, -21.5 |
| Undertone | Cool Blue |
| Temperature | cool |
| Color family | Blue |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Azure Tide (SW 9684), published as #436585
#2A5C83
#596E85
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 Azure Tide (SW 9684)?
- Azure Tide has an LRV of 12. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Azure Tide is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Azure Tide in another brand?
- Egyptian Blue (Valspar 4011-7) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 1.4 (very close).
- Is Azure Tide warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Azure Tide as cool, with a Cool Blue undertone. Its Lab b* value is -21.5; 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.