Blue Suede Shoes
There is more to Benjamin Moore Blue Suede Shoes (798) 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
#2F5688LRV
11.51
Coordinating Colors
White Diamond reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 12), opening up a space where Blue Suede Shoes encloses it.
Blue Nose reflects far more light (LRV 24 vs 12), opening up a space where Blue Suede Shoes encloses it.
Adams Gold reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 12), opening up a space where Blue Suede Shoes encloses it.
At LRV 80 vs 12, Cloud Cover is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
A 3-point LRV gap (12 vs 8) makes Blue Suede Shoes the marginally brighter of the two.
A 3-point LRV gap (15 vs 12) makes Brilliant Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 14 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 12 vs 10), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
Blue Suede Shoes reads slightly lighter (LRV 12 vs 6), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Woodcliff Lake reads slightly lighter (LRV 17 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Silver Fox reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 12), opening up a space where Blue Suede Shoes encloses it.
Upper West Side reflects far more light (LRV 39 vs 12), opening up a space where Blue Suede Shoes encloses it.
At LRV 47 vs 12, Himalayan Trek is decisively the brighter choice.
Briarwood reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 12), opening up a space where Blue Suede Shoes encloses it.
At LRV 48 vs 12, Thunder is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
A 4-point LRV gap (16 vs 12) makes Old Glory the marginally brighter of the two.
A 7-point LRV gap (19 vs 12) makes Athens Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Mosaic reads slightly lighter (LRV 15 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
Blue Suede Shoes reads slightly lighter (LRV 12 vs 6), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 4-point LRV gap (12 vs 7) makes Blue Suede Shoes the marginally brighter of the two.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
A rich blue that brings to mind sumptuous velvets and silks.