Match Placid Sea
Behr Placid Sea is a deep, low-reflectance shade, cool in character with an LRV of 23. 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.
At LRV 36 vs 23, Javan Dawn 1 is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 1.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Cool Aqua reflects far more light (LRV 37 vs 23), opening up a space where Placid Sea encloses it. At ΔE 1.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
At LRV 35 vs 23, Sarah's Garden is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 1.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 11-point LRV gap (34 vs 23) makes Calypso the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 6-point LRV gap (23 vs 17) makes Placid Sea the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 10-point LRV gap (33 vs 23) makes Jamaican Sea the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (23 vs 19) makes Placid Sea the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 7-point LRV gap (23 vs 15) makes Placid Sea the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 14.1 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 23 vs 23), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 14.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 6-point LRV gap (29 vs 23) makes Blue Verditer the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 19.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 7-point LRV gap (30 vs 23) makes St Giles Blue the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 21.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
With LRVs of 26 and 23, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 23.9 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 4-point LRV gap (27 vs 23) makes Tidepool Wonder the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 26.2 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
S 4010-B70G reads slightly lighter (LRV 28 vs 23), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 28.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.