Match Cool Aqua
Benjamin Moore Cool Aqua is a mid-tone shade, cool in character with an LRV of 37. 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.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 37 vs 36), so neither reads brighter in a room. 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.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 37 vs 34), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 37 vs 35), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 37 and 36, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 37 vs 17, Cool Aqua is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 4.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 3-point LRV gap (40 vs 37) makes Montego Bay the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
At LRV 37 vs 23, Cool Aqua is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 14.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At LRV 37 vs 15, Cool Aqua is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 14.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 8-point LRV gap (37 vs 29) makes Cool Aqua the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 20.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Cool Aqua reflects far more light (LRV 37 vs 15), opening up a space where Vardo encloses it. At ΔE 22.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Cool Aqua reads slightly lighter (LRV 37 vs 26), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 24.6 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 10-point LRV gap (37 vs 27) makes Cool Aqua the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 26.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Cool Aqua reads slightly lighter (LRV 37 vs 28), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 28.9 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.