Match Light Blue
Farrow & Ball Light Blue is a mid-tone shade, neutral in character with an LRV of 49. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
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Closest matches across every brand
One match per brand, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score calculated from Lab color space values. Lower is closer. Click any card to compare side by side in simulated rooms.
With LRVs of 49 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 51 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.1 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 51 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 51 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Graceful Green reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 49), opening up a space where Light Blue encloses it. At ΔE 1.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 49 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 49 and 48, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 50 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
S 2005-G10Y reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Light Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 50 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 5-point LRV gap (49 vs 44) makes Light Blue the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Pearl Colour - Dark reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Light Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.