Poseidon
Poseidon begins as a blue color on paper, then shifts with every surface, shadow and neighboring material. It appears in Benjamin Moore Classics® Color Collection, placing it within several distinct decorating stories rather than a single fixed look. The manufacturer's description below offers one reading; the room imagery leaves space for your own.
Hex
#00A6A1LRV
31.43
Coordinating Colors
Metropolitan reflects far more light (LRV 50 vs 31), opening up a space where Poseidon encloses it.
Celery Salt reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 31), opening up a space where Poseidon encloses it.
At LRV 31 vs 8, Poseidon is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Poolside Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 40 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Poseidon reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 28), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 33 and 31, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Poseidon reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Complementary Colors
A 8-point LRV gap (31 vs 24) makes Poseidon the marginally brighter of the two.
Poseidon reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 21), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 78 vs 31, Aztec Lily is decisively the brighter choice.
Pink Punch reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 31), opening up a space where Poseidon encloses it.
Darker Colors
Poseidon reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 15), opening up a space where Tropical Turquoise encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (31 vs 22) makes Poseidon the marginally brighter of the two.
A 10-point LRV gap (31 vs 21) makes Poseidon the marginally brighter of the two.
Poseidon reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 21), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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Manufacturer description
An intense—almost unreal—shade of blue-green, this unique hue conjures images of mythical sea creatures.