Match Surf Blue
Benjamin Moore Surf Blue is a deep, low-reflectance shade, cool in character with an LRV of 18. 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.
Surf Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 11), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Surf Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 15), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (18 vs 15) makes Surf Blue the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 18 vs 15), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 21 and 18, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Surf Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 15), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 18 vs 16), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 7.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Teal Touch reads slightly lighter (LRV 24 vs 18), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 18 and 15, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 9.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 8-point LRV gap (18 vs 10) makes Surf Blue the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 10.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At ΔE 11.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 10-point LRV gap (18 vs 8) makes Surf Blue the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 17.2 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Surf Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 18.5 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Surf Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 14), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 22.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.