Match Bistro Blue
Benjamin Moore Bistro Blue 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.
A 3-point LRV gap (13 vs 10) makes Bistro Blue the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Bistro Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 9), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 5.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (13 vs 8) makes Bistro Blue the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Bistro Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (16 vs 13) makes RAL 590-1 the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 6-point LRV gap (19 vs 13) makes Amethyst Showers 1 the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Blue lilac reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Bistro Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 6), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 13.4 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 4-point LRV gap (13 vs 9) makes Bistro Blue the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 14.1 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Bistro Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 18.5 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Bistro Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 4), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 20.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Bistro Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 4), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 25.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.