Delano Waters
Delano Waters is a Blue paint color from Benjamin Moore, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its cool classification gives it a crisper edge that may become clearer beside warm timber, cream or brass. Treat the digital swatch as an opening note, then watch a physical sample from morning light through evening lamps.
Hex
#A0D6E2LRV
61.11
Coordinating Colors
At LRV 88 vs 61, Distant Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Morning Light reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 61), opening up a space where Delano Waters encloses it.
At LRV 61 vs 27, Delano Waters is decisively the brighter choice.
Cloud White reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 61), opening up a space where Delano Waters encloses it.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 63 and 61, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 62 vs 61), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Delano Waters reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 7-point LRV gap (68 vs 61) makes Serenity the marginally brighter of the two.
Complementary Colors
Delano Waters reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 7), opening up a space where Mississippi Mud encloses it.
At LRV 61 vs 10, Delano Waters is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 17, Delano Waters is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 33, Delano Waters is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 28, Delano Waters is decisively the brighter choice.
Delano Waters reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 17), opening up a space where Sequoia encloses it.
Delano Waters reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 41), opening up a space where Lost Locket encloses it.
Lighter Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 62 vs 61), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Blue Angel reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 61), opening up a space where Delano Waters encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 64 vs 61), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Skylark Song reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 75 vs 61, Caribbean Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
Darker Colors
A 5-point LRV gap (61 vs 56) makes Delano Waters the marginally brighter of the two.
Delano Waters reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 49), opening up a space where Graceful Sea encloses it.
With LRVs of 63 and 61, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Delano Waters reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 47), opening up a space where Madison Avenue encloses it.
Delano Waters reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
Clean and balanced, this light blue embodies the go-with-the-flow nature of water.