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Settled, side by side

Coat of Arms

Benjamin Moore · 763

Starry Night Blue

Benjamin Moore · 2067-20

14.74
LRV
7.51
Coat of Arms is 7.2 points lighter
#3C6C7A
Hex
#334076
60 · 108 · 122
RGB
51 · 64 · 118
Cool
Warmth
Cool
Teal — a blue that has swallowed some green; gray keeps it from turning tropical
Undertone
Inky violet-navy; the indigo of dusk rather than a marine blue
Blue
Family
Blue
Classics Color Collection
Collection
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In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Coat of Arms is the lighter of the two at LRV 14.74, 7.2 points above Starry Night Blue at LRV 7.51. Both read cool. Both belong to the blue family. For a whole room, Coat of Arms is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Starry Night Blue is the bolder pick.

How they read

In their own words

Coat of Arms is a deep, gray-tempered teal — blue enough to anchor a room the way a navy would, green enough to feel alive against wood, brass and raffia. At LRV 14.7 it is a genuinely dark color, and that darkness is where its elegance lives: it recedes, it flatters everything placed against it, and it never looks like a color that is trying.

Starry Night Blue is Benjamin Moore's inkiest navy, and the brand files it under purple for a reason: there is a definite violet cast under the blue, so it reads as dusk rather than nautical. With an LRV under 8 it swallows light, which is exactly what you want when a room is meant to feel enclosed and dramatic.

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