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.
Stiffkey Blue
Farrow & Ball · No. 281
Grays Harbor
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6236
LRV
12.12
#4A5B6B
Hex
#596368
74 · 91 · 107
RGB
89 · 99 · 104
Cool
Warmth
Cool
Inky navy; brighter and cleaner than Hague Blue, heads to blue-black in low light
Undertone
Deep slate blue with green undertones that warm it slightly
Blue
Family
Blue
Colour Card
Collection
Blue
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersBoth read cool. Both belong to the blue family.
How they read
In their own wordsStiffkey Blue is Farrow & Ball's deep, inky navy — named for the Norfolk village whose beach mud takes on this colour at low tide. It is traditional in spirit but reads modern next to Down Pipe, with just enough grey to stop it looking like a school uniform.
Grays Harbor is a deep slate blue-grey from Sherwin-Williams, with green undertones that keep it from feeling icy. At LRV 12 it is dark enough to anchor a room and soft enough to live with every day.