Sleepy Blue (SW 6225) vs Languid Blue (SW 6226)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Sleepy Blue SW 6225 (simulated) — Sleepy Blue SW 6225#BCCBCE, LRV 58

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Languid Blue SW 6226 (simulated) — Languid Blue SW 6226#A4B7BD, LRV 46

Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.

Quick decision

Lighter: Sleepy Blue, LRV 58 vs 46.
Warmer: Sleepy Blue, both blue-gray (Lab b* -3.2 vs -5.3).
North rooms: Sleepy Blue keeps more brightness (L* 76.7 vs 69.2 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Bravo Blue SW 6784, #D3E7E9, LRV 77: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 5.6, clearly different. At 5.6, treat them as different colors.

See each color

Sleepy BlueSherwin-Williams, SW 6225LRV 58, #BCCBCE

Languid BlueSherwin-Williams, SW 6226LRV 46, #A4B7BD

Sleepy Blue (SW 6225) is lighter than Languid Blue (SW 6226) and slightly warmer: LRV 58 vs 46, deltaE 5.6 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Sleepy Blue	Languid Blue	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 6225	SW 6226
Hex	#BCCBCE	#A4B7BD
RGB	188, 203, 206	164, 183, 189
HSL	190°, 16%, 77%	194°, 16%, 69%
LRV (light reflectance value)	58	46	+12
Lab L*	80.7	73.2	+7.5
Lab a*	-4.5	-5.3	+0.8
Lab b*	-3.2	-5.3	+2.0
Undertone	Cool	Cool
Temperature	neutral	cool
Color family	Gray	Blue

Same paint, two kinds of light

Sleepy Blue (SW 6225), published as #BCCBCE

North light (cool, indirect)
#AAC1CC

South light (warm, direct)
#CFD5CE

Languid Blue (SW 6226), published as #A4B7BD

North light (cool, indirect)
#92ADBB

South light (warm, direct)
#B7C1BD

These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works

Which should you pick

Rules of thumb computed from the LRV and Lab values in the table above; no room test was done.

Pick Sleepy Blue (SW 6225) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 12 LRV points lighter (58 vs 46), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Languid Blue (SW 6226) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is -5.3 against -3.2, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Sleepy Blue (SW 6225) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* -3.2), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to Sleepy Blue in other brands

Closest matches to Languid Blue in other brands

Common questions

Is Sleepy Blue the same color as Languid Blue?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 5.6. Sleepy Blue and Languid Blue are different colors.
Which is lighter, Sleepy Blue or Languid Blue?: Sleepy Blue, with an LRV of 58 against 46.

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By Paint Pairs. Color data from manufacturer specifications, via PaintDB. The most-viewed colors are checked against each manufacturer's own color page.

Published 2026-10-01. Updated 2026-10-01.

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.