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Settled, side by side
Catalina Blue
Benjamin Moore · 703
A coastal blue that leans quietly green
Tranquility
Benjamin Moore · AF-490
Grey with the sea in it
In real rooms
Every room, each colorCatalina Blue
1 roomTranquility
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersTranquility is the lighter of the two at LRV 53.31, 5.3 points above Catalina Blue at LRV 48. Both read cool. Catalina Blue is a blues, Tranquility a neutrals. For a whole room, Tranquility is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Catalina Blue is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsDespite the name, Catalina Blue lives in the soft territory where blue meets green. It is a muted, sea-glass color — grey enough to stay calm, green enough to feel coastal — that shifts between blue and sage depending on the light it's given.
Tranquility is a pale grey from Benjamin Moore's Affinity collection with a soft green-blue whisper — the color of sea fog rather than a city sky. At LRV 53 it is a true light-mid tone, and it does exactly what its name suggests: it calms a room without making it cold.
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