The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Pelican Gray
Benjamin Moore · 1612
Grey, silver-lined
Catalina Blue
Benjamin Moore · 703
A coastal blue that leans quietly green
In real rooms
Every room, each colorPelican Gray
1 roomCatalina Blue
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersPelican Gray is the lighter of the two at LRV 58.58, 10.6 points above Catalina Blue at LRV 48. Both read cool. Pelican Gray is a grays, Catalina Blue a blues. For a whole room, Pelican Gray is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Catalina Blue is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsPelican Gray is a light, silvery grey with a clear blue lean — cooler than the greiges that dominated the last decade, and all the better for it. At LRV 59 it is light enough for a small room and grey enough to feel deliberate. It is the grey of a slate roof after rain.
Despite 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.