Color of the weekCalke Green · Farrow & Ball No. 34

Settled, side by side

Little Falls

Benjamin Moore · 1621

Tranquility

Benjamin Moore · AF-490

41.07
LRV
53.31
Tranquility is 12.2 points lighter
#9EADB7
Hex
#BBC3BB
158 · 173 · 183
RGB
187 · 195 · 187
Cool
Warmth
Cool
Dusty steel blue with grey; a denim that has been washed many times
Undertone
Pale grey with a green-blue whisper; sea fog
Blue
Family
Blue
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, 12.2 points above Little Falls at LRV 41.07. Both read cool. Both belong to the blue family. For a whole room, Tranquility is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Little Falls is the bolder pick.

How they read

In their own words

Little Falls is a mid-tone, grey-softened blue with the ease of well-worn denim. At LRV 41 it holds its color in daylight without ever becoming bright, and its grey base keeps it from reading as nursery blue. It is calm without being cold.

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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