Greenhow Blue
CW-655 · #ACC7D4 · LRV 55 — cool blue-green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Williamsburg Wedgwood Blue28
- 2Resolute Blue40
- 3Greenhow Blue55
- 4Honolulu Blue62
- 5After Rain68
What Color Is Greenhow Blue, Really?
Greenhow Blue reads as a cool blue-green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Benjamin Moore CW-655 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Greenhow Blue
Greenhow 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 Greenhow Blue
At LRV 55, Greenhow 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 Greenhow 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 CW-655 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 | Vast SkySW 6506 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.4 | 55 | Color page → |
| Behr | Sea WindS480-2 · Behr | 1.7 | 56 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Summer Rain8003-41B · Valspar | 0.9 | 55 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | SonataPPG1157-3 · PPG / Glidden | 0.9 | 55 | Color page → |
| Glidden | TwinklePPG1154-4 · Glidden | 0.7 | 54 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Tender Blue236-3DB · Dutch Boy | 1.4 | 55 | Color page → |
Similar Benjamin Moore Colors
The nearest shades to Greenhow 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 #ACC7D4 in HSL space. Pair Greenhow Blue with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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