Blue Grotto
Benjamin Moore's Blue Grotto is a blue shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its LRV of 6.2 gives it real visual weight, allowing the color to hold a wall rather than simply recede from view. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#353963LRV
6.22
Blue Grotto in Rooms
Follow Blue Grotto from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 1 sourced room photo offers a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
1 Living Room Photo
1 sourced room photo gives the gallery a lived-in point of reference. Together they show Blue Grotto (CC-964) as inspiration rather than a promise of an identical result.
Living room walls in Blue Grotto create a peaceful, sophisticated retreat.
@marenconrad
Coordinating Colors
Wheat Sheaf reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 6), opening up a space where Blue Grotto encloses it.
At LRV 39 vs 6, Pike's Peak Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Decorator's White reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 6), opening up a space where Blue Grotto encloses it.
Cloud White reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 6), opening up a space where Blue Grotto encloses it.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 6 and 6, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 8 vs 6), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 8 vs 6), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 6 and 6, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 47 vs 6, Himalayan Trek is decisively the brighter choice.
Briarwood reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 6), opening up a space where Blue Grotto encloses it.
At LRV 48 vs 6, Thunder is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 20 vs 6, Cromwell Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 33 vs 6, River Gorge Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 27 vs 6, Tavern Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (16 vs 6) makes Country Life the marginally brighter of the two.
Lighter Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 8 vs 6), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Scandinavian Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 12 vs 6), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 8 vs 6), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Darker Colors
With LRVs of 6 and 5, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
A dark, inky blue further deepened with a touch of violet.