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Settled, side by side
Tranquility
Benjamin Moore · AF-490
Grey with the sea in it
Catalina Blue
Benjamin Moore · 703
A coastal blue that leans quietly green
In real rooms
Every room, each colorTranquility
1 roomCatalina Blue
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersTranquility is the lighter of the two at LRV 53.31, 5.3 points above Catalina Blue at LRV 48. Both read cool. Tranquility is a neutrals, Catalina Blue a blues. For a whole room, Tranquility is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Catalina Blue is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsTranquility 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.
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.
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