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Settled, side by side

Coat of Arms

Benjamin Moore · 763

The teal that behaves like a navy

Tranquility

Benjamin Moore · AF-490

Grey with the sea in it

14.74
LRV
53.31
Tranquility is 38.6 points lighter
#3C6C7A
Hex
#BBC3BB
60 · 108 · 122
RGB
187 · 195 · 187
Cool
Warmth
Cool
Teal — a blue that has swallowed some green; grey keeps it from turning tropical
Undertone
Pale grey with a green-blue whisper; sea fog
Blues
Family
Neutrals
Classics Color Collection
Collection
Affinity Color Collection

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Tranquility is the lighter of the two at LRV 53.31, 38.6 points above Coat of Arms at LRV 14.74. Both read cool. Coat of Arms is a blues, Tranquility a neutrals. For a whole room, Tranquility is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Coat of Arms is the bolder pick.

How they read

In their own words

Coat of Arms is a deep, grey-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.

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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