Dark Night (SW 6237) vs Naval (SW 6244)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Dark Night SW 6237 (simulated) — Dark Night SW 6237#23383F, LRV 4

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Naval SW 6244 (simulated) — Naval SW 6244#2F3D4C, LRV 4

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

Quick decision

Lighter: About the same: LRV 4 vs 4.
Warmer: Dark Night, both blue-gray (Lab b* -7.0 vs -11.0).
North rooms: Naval keeps more brightness (L* 21.2 vs 18.1 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 6.8, clearly different. At 6.8, treat them as different colors.

See each color

Dark NightSherwin-Williams, SW 6237LRV 4, #23383F

NavalSherwin-Williams, SW 6244LRV 4, #2F3D4C

More comparisons with Naval

Dark Night (SW 6237) is about as light as Naval (SW 6244) and warmer: LRV 4 vs 4, deltaE 6.8 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Dark Night	Naval	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 6237	SW 6244
Hex	#23383F	#2F3D4C
RGB	35, 56, 63	47, 61, 76
HSL	195°, 29%, 19%	211°, 24%, 24%
LRV (light reflectance value)	4	4	0
Lab L*	22.1	25.2	−3.0
Lab a*	-6.1	-1.4	−4.8
Lab b*	-7.0	-11.0	+4.0
Undertone	Cool	Cool Blue
Temperature	cool	cool
Color family	Black	Blue

Same paint, two kinds of light

Dark Night (SW 6237), published as #23383F

North light (cool, indirect)
#0E303D

South light (warm, direct)
#34403F

Naval (SW 6244), published as #2F3D4C

North light (cool, indirect)
#1C354A

South light (warm, direct)
#40454C

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 Dark Night (SW 6237) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 0 LRV points lighter (4 vs 4), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Naval (SW 6244) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is -11.0 against -7.0, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Dark Night (SW 6237) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* -7.0), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to Dark Night in other brands

Closest matches to Naval in other brands

Common questions

Is Dark Night the same color as Naval?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 6.8. Dark Night and Naval are different colors.
Which is lighter, Dark Night or Naval?: Neither: both have an LRV of 4.

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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.