Thousand Oceans
Benjamin Moore's Thousand Oceans is a blue shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its LRV of 17.6 gives it real visual weight, allowing the color to hold a wall rather than simply recede from view. Because screens flatten both light and texture, sample the paint beside the finishes that will ultimately surround it.
Hex
#5E7480LRV
17.57
Thousand Oceans in Rooms
Follow Thousand Oceans from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 3 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
1 Living Room Photo
The 1 living room image turn a blue swatch into something more spatial and expressive. Its cool classification can bring a composed, clean tension to warmer finishes.
Living room walls in Thousand Oceans create a serene, sophisticated backdrop.
@jilllewisarchitecture
1 Front Door Photo
In a small architectural moment with an outsized first impression, the most interesting quality of Thousand Oceans (1645) may be the way it responds to hardware, glazing, masonry, timber and surrounding trim. Its blue undertone may become clearest at the boundary between paint and a contrasting finish.
Front entry door painted in Thousand Oceans makes a bold, welcoming statement.
@moorestownmoves
1 Kitchen Cabinets Photo
Thousand Oceans (1645) can change noticeably under light moving across doors, rails and recessed panels. Sample it beside the finishes that will remain in the room.
Kitchen cabinetry in Thousand Oceans adds depth and drama to the cooking space.
@thepaintspotcos
Coordinating Colors
Simply White reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 18), opening up a space where Thousand Oceans encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 18, Cumulus Cloud is decisively the brighter choice.
Delightful Golden reflects far more light (LRV 35 vs 18), opening up a space where Thousand Oceans encloses it.
Classic Gray reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 18), opening up a space where Thousand Oceans encloses it.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 19 vs 18), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 18 vs 18), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 19 and 18, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 18 and 17, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
Quietly Violet reads slightly lighter (LRV 22 vs 18), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 6-point LRV gap (18 vs 12) makes Thousand Oceans the marginally brighter of the two.
Hint of Violet reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 18), opening up a space where Thousand Oceans encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 18, Antique Pearl is decisively the brighter choice.
Thousand Oceans reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 6), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 18 and 17, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Silver Fox reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 18), opening up a space where Thousand Oceans encloses it.
Lighter Colors
At LRV 31 vs 18, Van Courtland Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (22 vs 18) makes Normandy the marginally brighter of the two.
A 12-point LRV gap (30 vs 18) makes Chiswell Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
A 11-point LRV gap (28 vs 18) makes Mineral Alloy the marginally brighter of the two.
Amsterdam reads slightly lighter (LRV 29 vs 18), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
Thousand Oceans reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 10), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 4-point LRV gap (18 vs 13) makes Thousand Oceans the marginally brighter of the two.
Thousand Oceans reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Thousand Oceans reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 11), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 9-point LRV gap (18 vs 9) makes Thousand Oceans the marginally brighter of the two.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
A jewel-toned teal with a touch of gray, this shade captures a refreshing ocean embrace.