Cross-brand match

John's Blue in Dutch Boy

Vista Paint 0617 translated into the Dutch Boy line

Vista Paint John's Blue 0617 on a wall, hex #87A4C0
Dutch Boy Celestial Horizon DCP-0589 on a wall, hex #8FA4BF

The closest Dutch Boy paint to Vista Paint John's Blue (0617) is Celestial Horizon DCP-0589, a delta-E of 2.62 away — the nearest Dutch Boy makes, and near enough for most rooms, but it is not an exact copy.

Light reflectance is effectively identical, 36.0 against 36.2. Undertone reads as blue against blue, at chroma 16.3 and 18.0.

Codes are not transferable between manufacturers and no brand publishes a conversion table, so every figure here is measured from the published hex values rather than taken from a chart.

NEARESTCelestial HorizonDCP-0589
DISTANCEΔE 2.62CIE Lab
LIGHT REFLECTANCE36.2 against 36.0
HEX#8FA4BFagainst #87A4C0

Ranked matches in Dutch Boy

closest first
Dutch Boy colorΔE LRV Undertone
Celestial HorizonDCP-0589 2.62 36.2 blue Compare
John's BlueDCP-0617 5.39 42.8 blue Compare
Blue WingsVS-9402 8.33 40.7 blue Compare
Dusky MoodDCP-1318 12.11 41.1 blue cast Compare
Sky BlueD-6742 15.86 47.7 teal Compare
Simply SparklingDCP-0594 16.58 60.5 blue undertone Compare

John's Blue in other brands

same color, different line

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