Soft Spruce
Soft Spruce 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. Move between the room imagery, color measurements and coordinating shades to build a fuller sense of how it might live in your space.
Hex
#3F9793
LRV
26.91
Coordinating Colors
At LRV 88 vs 27, Distant Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 27 vs 6, Soft Spruce is decisively the brighter choice.
At Sea reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 27), opening up a space where Soft Spruce encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 27, White Diamond is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 28 and 27, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 29 and 27, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 4-point LRV gap (31 vs 27) makes Majestic Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Poseidon reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Complementary Colors
Raindrops on Roses reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 27), opening up a space where Soft Spruce encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (27 vs 21) makes Soft Spruce the marginally brighter of the two.
Soft Spruce reflects far more light (LRV 27 vs 10), opening up a space where Dark Walnut encloses it.
At LRV 27 vs 6, Soft Spruce is decisively the brighter choice.
Soft Spruce reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 20), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Soft Spruce reflects far more light (LRV 27 vs 14), opening up a space where Love Affair encloses it.
Soft Spruce reflects far more light (LRV 27 vs 9), opening up a space where Bordeaux Red encloses it.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 29 and 27, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 40 vs 27, Harbor Side Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Darker Colors
A 11-point LRV gap (27 vs 16) makes Soft Spruce the marginally brighter of the two.
A 12-point LRV gap (27 vs 15) makes Soft Spruce the marginally brighter of the two.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
Breezy blue-green undertones define this deep shade of teal.