Brazilian Blue
Brazilian Blue is a Purple paint color from Benjamin Moore, but its character reaches beyond a single label. It appears in Benjamin Moore Classics® Color Collection, placing it within several distinct decorating stories rather than a single fixed look. Move between the room imagery, color measurements and coordinating shades to build a fuller sense of how it might live in your space.
Hex
#6E94CCLRV
31.69
Brazilian Blue in Rooms
Follow Brazilian Blue from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 4 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
3 Living Room Photos
Brazilian Blue (817) moves through 3 living room images without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. Its cool classification can bring a composed, clean tension to warmer finishes.
Upholstered seating complements walls painted in rich Brazilian Blue.
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Layered textiles and trim work with Brazilian Blue walls beautifully.
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Built-in shelving and Brazilian Blue walls create sophisticated depth.
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1 Kitchen Photo
In a hardworking room where color meets movement and strong surfaces, the most interesting quality of Brazilian Blue (817) may be the way it responds to stone, timber, tile and metal finishes. Its blue undertone may become clearest at the boundary between paint and a contrasting finish.
Cabinetry in Brazilian Blue brings drama and elegance to the kitchen.
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Coordinating Colors
At LRV 77 vs 32, Candle Light is decisively the brighter choice.
Cloud Cover reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 32), opening up a space where Brazilian Blue encloses it.
Brazilian Blue reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 8), opening up a space where Hale Navy encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 32, Calm is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
A 4-point LRV gap (32 vs 27) makes Brazilian Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
A 5-point LRV gap (32 vs 27) makes Brazilian Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Brazilian Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 32 vs 28), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Steel Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 35 vs 32), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 32 vs 17, Brazilian Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 44 vs 32, Silver Fox is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (39 vs 32) makes Upper West Side the marginally brighter of the two.
Himalayan Trek reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 32), opening up a space where Brazilian Blue encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 32 vs 32), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Thunder reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 32), opening up a space where Brazilian Blue encloses it.
Brazilian Blue reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 20), opening up a space where Cromwell Gray encloses it.
Lighter Colors
A 11-point LRV gap (43 vs 32) makes Aqua Marina the marginally brighter of the two.
Darker Colors
A 4-point LRV gap (32 vs 27) makes Brazilian Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Brazilian Blue reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 19), opening up a space where Athens Blue encloses it.
Brazilian Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 32 vs 28), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
An intriguing cornflower blue with violet depths.