Settled, side by side
Comparisons
- White Dove vs Swiss CoffeeWhite Dove (LRV 83.16) vs Swiss Coffee (LRV 81.91): which is warmer, which is brighter, and which designers reach for, with both shown in real rooms.
- White Dove vs Chantilly LaceWhite Dove (LRV 83.16) vs Chantilly Lace (LRV 90.04): Benjamin Moore's soft warm white against its cleanest white, compared by designers and shown in real rooms.
- Pure White vs Extra WhiteSherwin-Williams Pure White (LRV 84) vs Extra White (LRV 86): which is warmer, which reads icy in north light, and which designers prefer for walls and trim.
- Chantilly Lace vs Pure WhiteBenjamin Moore Chantilly Lace (LRV 90.04) vs Sherwin-Williams Pure White (LRV 84): crisp vs softly warm, compared by designers and shown in real rooms.
Kittiwake
Farrow & Ball · No. 307
Tranquility
Benjamin Moore · AF-490
LRV
53.31
#98ACBA
Hex
#BBC3BB
152 · 172 · 186
RGB
187 · 195 · 187
Cool
Warmth
Cool
Clean cool blue with a touch of black; Farrow & Ball says it stays truly blue in all lights
Undertone
Pale grey with a green-blue whisper; sea fog
Blue
Family
Blue
Colour Card
Collection
Affinity Color Collection
In real rooms
Every room, each colorTranquility
The difference
Read from the numbersBoth read cool. Both belong to the blue family.
How they read
In their own wordsKittiwake is a clean, cool mid blue from Farrow & Ball, named for the seabird and, in the brand's words, inspired by the wings of seabirds when seen in bright sunlight. On the colour card it sits between Parma Gray and Lulworth Blue.
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.