Cross-brand match

John's Blue in Sherwin-Williams

Vista Paint 0617 translated into the Sherwin-Williams line

Vista Paint John's Blue 0617 on a wall, hex #87A4C0
Sherwin-Williams Cosmos SW 6528 on a wall, hex #8EA9C2

The closest Sherwin-Williams paint to Vista Paint John's Blue (0617) is Cosmos SW 6528, a delta-E of 2.62 away — the nearest Sherwin-Williams makes, and near enough for most rooms, but it is not an exact copy.

Cosmos is 1.9 LRV points lighter, so the room will read slightly brighter. Undertone reads as blue against blue, at chroma 16.2 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.

NEARESTCosmosSW 6528
DISTANCEΔE 2.62CIE Lab
LIGHT REFLECTANCE37.9 against 36.0
HEX#8EA9C2against #87A4C0

Ranked matches in Sherwin-Williams

closest first
Sherwin-Williams colorΔE LRV Undertone
CosmosSW 6528 2.62 37.9 blue Compare
Bluesy NoteSW 9064 3.9 30.7 blue Compare
Notable HueSW 6521 4.59 36.7 blue Compare
Dyer's WoadSW 9071 5.15 30.2 blue Compare
CelestialSW 6808 5.69 43.5 blue Compare
Baby Blue EyesSW 9070 5.84 33.9 blue Compare

John's Blue in other brands

same color, different line

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