California Breeze
Often used for its versatile and reflective qualities, California Breeze remains a staple for Benjamin Moore designers. It is widely considered one of the best colors in its class to provide a clean, timeless feel that works across various lighting conditions. Use our expert data below to help you visualize this color in your home.
Hex
#9ED9E2
LRV
63.16
Coordinating Colors
California Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 37), opening up a space where Cobblestone Path encloses it.
At LRV 90 vs 63, Simply White is decisively the brighter choice.
Horizon reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Hawthorne Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 71 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 63 and 61, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 63 vs 62), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (68 vs 63) makes Serenity the marginally brighter of the two.
Blue Seafoam reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 63 vs 28, California Breeze is decisively the brighter choice.
California Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 17), opening up a space where Sequoia encloses it.
California Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 41), opening up a space where Lost Locket encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 11, California Breeze is decisively the brighter choice.
California Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 7), opening up a space where Mink encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 10, California Breeze is decisively the brighter choice.
California Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 44), opening up a space where Sandlot Gray encloses it.
Lighter Colors
Blue Angel reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 63), opening up a space where California Breeze encloses it.
At LRV 79 vs 63, Innocence is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 63 and 61, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Blue Seafoam reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 78 vs 63, Fountain Spout is decisively the brighter choice.
Darker Colors
A 7-point LRV gap (63 vs 56) makes California Breeze the marginally brighter of the two.
California Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 47), opening up a space where Madison Avenue encloses it.
California Breeze reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
California Breeze reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
California Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 49), opening up a space where Graceful Sea encloses it.