Exhale
Benjamin Moore's Exhale is a blue shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. A blue undertone may emerge most clearly where the paint meets a cleaner white, stone surface or contrasting textile. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
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46.30
Exhale in Rooms
Follow Exhale from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 5 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
4 Bathroom Photos
Against tile, stone, glass, timber and metal fixtures, Exhale (AF-515) may feel quieter, sharper or more atmospheric than the digital swatch alone. An LRV of 46.3 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
Bathroom walls in Exhale enhance spa-like serenity and calm.
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Bathroom space painted Exhale offers soothing color relief.
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Bath walls finished in Exhale create peaceful, rejuvenating atmosphere.
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Bathroom painted Exhale brings relaxation-focused color throughout.
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1 Kitchen Photo
The changing light from breakfast through dinner can draw different notes from Exhale (AF-515). The blue hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
Kitchen walls in Exhale brighten the space with gentle tone.
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Coordinating Colors
At LRV 87 vs 46, White Heron is decisively the brighter choice.
Exhale reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 6), opening up a space where Regent Green encloses it.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (46 vs 42) makes Exhale the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 44), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
Exhale reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 22), opening up a space where Quietly Violet encloses it.
At LRV 46 vs 12, Exhale is decisively the brighter choice.
Hint of Violet reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 46), opening up a space where Exhale encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 46, Antique Pearl is decisively the brighter choice.
Exhale reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 6), opening up a space where Night Shade encloses it.
Exhale reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 17), opening up a space where Woodcliff Lake encloses it.
Exhale reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 8), opening up a space where Brownstone encloses it.
Lighter Colors
A 6-point LRV gap (53 vs 46) makes Soft Chinchilla the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 46, Silvery Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Darker Colors
A 5-point LRV gap (46 vs 42) makes Exhale the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 46 vs 28, Exhale is decisively the brighter choice.
Exhale reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 34), opening up a space where Franklin Lakes encloses it.
Exhale reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 33), opening up a space where Labrador Blue encloses it.
Exhale reads slightly lighter (LRV 46 vs 34), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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Manufacturer description
A balanced blue that brings just enough color to a space.