Match Mermaid Sea
Behr Mermaid Sea is a deep, low-reflectance shade, cool in character with an LRV of 13. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
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Closest matches across every brand
One match per brand, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score calculated from Lab color space values. Lower is closer. Click any card to compare side by side in simulated rooms.
Lucky Shamrock reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (16 vs 13) makes Pinehurst the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Ionian reads slightly lighter (LRV 20 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Emerald Glade reads slightly lighter (LRV 17 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
The ΔE 6.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Mermaid Sea reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 7), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Patina green reads slightly lighter (LRV 17 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 7.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (18 vs 13) makes Esmeralda the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Mermaid Sea reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 6), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 4-point LRV gap (13 vs 8) makes Mermaid Sea the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 13.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At ΔE 15.9 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Sea Emerald reflects far more light (LRV 26 vs 13), opening up a space where Mermaid Sea encloses it. At ΔE 21.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 27 vs 13, Tidepool Wonder is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 24.1 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.