Breath of Fresh Air
Benjamin Moore's Breath of Fresh Air 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. Explore its color relationships and measurements, then bring the shortlist into your own light with a physical sample.
Hex
#C9DDE5LRV
69.09
Coordinating Colors
Breath of Fresh Air reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 24), opening up a space where Rock Gray encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (74 vs 69) makes Paper White the marginally brighter of the two.
Breath of Fresh Air reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 49), opening up a space where Violetta encloses it.
At LRV 86 vs 69, Frostine is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (73 vs 69) makes Mystical Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 69 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Breath of Fresh Air reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Complementary Colors
Breath of Fresh Air reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 22), opening up a space where Quietly Violet encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 12, Breath of Fresh Air is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 69 and 66, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 3-point LRV gap (72 vs 69) makes Antique Pearl the marginally brighter of the two.
Breath of Fresh Air reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 6), opening up a space where Night Shade encloses it.
Breath of Fresh Air reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 17), opening up a space where Woodcliff Lake encloses it.
Breath of Fresh Air reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 44), opening up a space where Silver Fox encloses it.
Lighter Colors
Sweet Bluette reads slightly lighter (LRV 76 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
Breath of Fresh Air reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 50), opening up a space where Daydream encloses it.
Breath of Fresh Air reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Breath of Fresh Air reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 62), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 69 vs 55, Breath of Fresh Air is decisively the brighter choice.
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Manufacturer description
Like an exhale, this light blue provides soothing relief.