Poolside Blue vs Hicks' Blue
Poolside Blue is a Benjamin Moore color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Both sit in the blue family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Poolside Blue has an LRV of 40. They share a blue quality — useful to know if you're layering them in the same space. At ΔE 45.9, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Poolside Blue vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Poolside Blue and Hicks' Blue in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Living Room
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
House
At full exterior scale, the difference between these two colors becomes much easier to judge than from a small chip. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Front Door
Front doors are seen in isolation against the rest of the facade, which makes them a high-stakes surface where even subtle differences matter. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Color Details
Poolside Blue vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Poolside Blue on one side and Hicks' Blue on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Poolside Blue comparisons
See how Poolside Blue stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 40, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 40), opening up a space where Poolside Blue encloses it.
Poolside Blue reflects far more light (LRV 40 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 40, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (40 vs 30) makes Poolside Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Mizzle reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 40), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 60 vs 40, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 40), opening up a space where Poolside Blue encloses it.
Poolside Blue reflects far more light (LRV 40 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (43 vs 40) makes French Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 40 vs 4, Poolside Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 40), opening up a space where Poolside Blue encloses it.
Poolside Blue reflects far more light (LRV 40 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Hardwick White reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 40), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 40, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 40 vs 21, Poolside Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 40), opening up a space where Poolside Blue encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 40), opening up a space where Poolside Blue encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 40), opening up a space where Poolside Blue encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (51 vs 40) makes Pigeon the marginally brighter of the two.
Poolside Blue reflects far more light (LRV 40 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Poolside Blue reflects far more light (LRV 40 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 40), opening up a space where Poolside Blue encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 41 vs 40), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Poolside Blue reflects far more light (LRV 40 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 40), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 9-point LRV gap (40 vs 31) makes Poolside Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 40 vs 7, Poolside Blue is decisively the brighter choice.