Bold Blue
Benjamin Moore's Bold Blue is a blue shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its cool classification gives it a crisper edge that may become clearer beside warm timber, cream or brass. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#2B3558LRV
5.58
Coordinating Colors
Chantilly Lace reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 6), opening up a space where Bold Blue encloses it.
At LRV 80 vs 6, Tudor Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 79 vs 6, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Swiss Coffee reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 6), opening up a space where Bold Blue encloses it.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 6 and 6, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 6 and 6, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 6 and 5, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 6 and 5, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
Woodcliff Lake reads slightly lighter (LRV 17 vs 6), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Silver Fox reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 6), opening up a space where Bold Blue encloses it.
Upper West Side reflects far more light (LRV 39 vs 6), opening up a space where Bold Blue encloses it.
At LRV 47 vs 6, Himalayan Trek is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 20 vs 6, Cromwell Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
A 6-point LRV gap (12 vs 6) makes Southern Belle the marginally brighter of the two.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
A rich navy blue with the slightest hint of inky indigo.