Bashful Blue
2065-70 · #C8E6F3 · LRV 74 — cool blue-green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Honolulu Blue62
- 2After Rain68
- 3Bashful Blue74
- 4Icy Bay83
What Color Is Bashful Blue, Really?
Bashful Blue reads as a cool blue-green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Benjamin Moore 2065-70 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Bashful Blue
Bashful Blue is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Blues calm a room, which makes them popular in bedrooms, bathrooms and home offices.
How Lighting Changes Bashful Blue
At LRV 74, Bashful Blue is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its teal undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Bashful Blue are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Benjamin Moore 2065-70 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Aviary BlueSW 6778 · Sherwin-Williams | 3.6 | 73 | Color page → |
| Behr | Ethereal MoodMQ3-52 · Behr | 2.9 | 75 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Blue Mist4006-9A · Valspar | 2.2 | 74.2 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Diamond BluePPG1237-2 · PPG / Glidden | 2.4 | 75 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Winterscape Blue30BG 76/107 · Glidden | 1.7 | 76 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Vandy Blue134-2DB · Dutch Boy | 4.3 | 74 | Color page → |
Similar Benjamin Moore Colors
The nearest shades to Bashful Blue within Benjamin Moore's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #C8E6F3 in HSL space. Pair Bashful Blue with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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