Arctic Shadows
There is more to Benjamin Moore Arctic Shadows (1559) than the swatch alone: its depth, undertones and setting all shape the final impression. An LRV of 32.5 places it through the middle of the scale, where color and depth can remain visible as the light changes. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#9A9A8ELRV
32.48
Coordinating Colors
Distant Gray reflects far more light (LRV 88 vs 32), opening up a space where Arctic Shadows encloses it.
Arctic Gray reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 32), opening up a space where Arctic Shadows encloses it.
At LRV 32 vs 15, Arctic Shadows is decisively the brighter choice.
Soft Chamois reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 32), opening up a space where Arctic Shadows encloses it.
Similar Colors
A 4-point LRV gap (32 vs 29) makes Arctic Shadows the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 32 and 31, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 32 vs 31), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 32 and 31, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
Arctic Shadows reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 9), opening up a space where Approaching Storm encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (32 vs 22) makes Arctic Shadows the marginally brighter of the two.
Arctic Shadows reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 14), opening up a space where Blue Gaspe encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 32, Violet Sparkle is decisively the brighter choice.
Arctic Shadows reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 18), opening up a space where French Violet encloses it.
Arctic Shadows reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 7), opening up a space where Blackberry Punch encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (39 vs 32) makes Yukon Sky the marginally brighter of the two.
Lighter Colors
Bone Black reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 32), opening up a space where Arctic Shadows encloses it.
Fieldstone reads slightly lighter (LRV 43 vs 32), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
Arctic Shadows reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 19), opening up a space where Rooftop Garden encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (32 vs 25) makes Arctic Shadows the marginally brighter of the two.
A 9-point LRV gap (32 vs 24) makes Arctic Shadows the marginally brighter of the two.
Arctic Shadows reads slightly lighter (LRV 32 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 4-point LRV gap (32 vs 29) makes Arctic Shadows the marginally brighter of the two.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
An icy, mid-tone neutral with hints of green in its undertone.