Blue Bayou
There is more to Benjamin Moore Blue Bayou (801) than the swatch alone: its depth, undertones and setting all shape the final impression. A blue undertone may emerge most clearly where the paint meets a cleaner white, stone surface or contrasting textile. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#92BAD4LRV
46.90
Blue Bayou in Rooms
Follow Blue Bayou from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 2 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
2 Front Door Photos
2 front door images place Blue Bayou (801) in a small architectural moment with an outsized first impression. An LRV of 46.9 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
Front door painted in Blue Bayou creates a striking entry statement.
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Front door in Blue Bayou welcomes guests with dramatic color impact.
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Coordinating Colors
At LRV 71 vs 47, Tissue Pink is decisively the brighter choice.
Soft Fern reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 87 vs 47, White Heron is decisively the brighter choice.
Distant Gray reflects far more light (LRV 88 vs 47), opening up a space where Blue Bayou encloses it.
Similar Colors
A 5-point LRV gap (52 vs 47) makes Faded Denim the marginally brighter of the two.
Sapphire Ice reads slightly lighter (LRV 50 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 4-point LRV gap (47 vs 43) makes Blue Bayou the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 47 vs 47), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 47 vs 12, Blue Bayou is decisively the brighter choice.
Hint of Violet reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 47), opening up a space where Blue Bayou encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 47, Antique Pearl is decisively the brighter choice.
Blue Bayou reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 6), opening up a space where Night Shade encloses it.
Blue Bayou reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 17), opening up a space where Woodcliff Lake encloses it.
Blue Bayou reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Blue Bayou reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 39), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Lighter Colors
At LRV 66 vs 47, Soft Sky is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 47, Blue Hydrangea is decisively the brighter choice.
Mediterranean Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 47), opening up a space where Blue Bayou encloses it.
Palatial Skies reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 66 vs 47, Jet Stream is decisively the brighter choice.
Darker Colors
Blue Bayou reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Blue Bayou reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 37), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 47 and 45, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 4-point LRV gap (47 vs 43) makes Blue Bayou the marginally brighter of the two.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
A powdery blue with a romantic, nostalgic quality.