Dusky Blue
Benjamin Moore's Dusky Blue is a blue shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. A blue undertone may emerge most clearly where the paint meets a cleaner white, stone surface or contrasting textile. Explore its color relationships and measurements, then bring the shortlist into your own light with a physical sample.
Hex
#BDD1D4LRV
60.83
Coordinating Colors
Simply White reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 61), opening up a space where Dusky Blue encloses it.
Pale Celery reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 61), opening up a space where Dusky Blue encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 61, Oxford White is decisively the brighter choice.
Dusky Blue reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 29), opening up a space where Stonybrook encloses it.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 63 vs 61), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Heaven on Earth reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 62 and 61, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 61 vs 61), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Lighter Colors
Windy Sky reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 63 vs 61), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Constellation reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 61 vs 61), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Summer Shower reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
Dusky Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Dusky Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 61 vs 42, Dusky Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 45, Dusky Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (61 vs 53) makes Dusky Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
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Manufacturer description
A soft blue, this color evokes a sense of effortless calm.