Mineral Springs
CC-848 · #AED3E5 · LRV 62 — cool blue-green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Resolute Blue40
- 2Lost in the 80s51
- 3Mineral Springs62
- 4After Rain68
- 5Bashful Blue74
What Color Is Mineral Springs, Really?
Mineral Springs reads as a cool blue-green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Benjamin Moore CC-848 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Mineral Springs
Mineral Springs 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 Mineral Springs
At LRV 62, Mineral Springs 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 Mineral Springs 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 CC-848 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 | Something BlueSW 6800 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.2 | 63 | Color page → |
| Behr | Liberty Gray570E-3 · Behr | 2.0 | 60 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Gentle Wind4006-9B · Valspar | 2.0 | 61.9 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | ArielPPG1237-3 · PPG / Glidden | 1.4 | 63 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Flemish BluePPG1238-3 · Glidden | 1.0 | 59 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Gotta Regatta235-4DB · Dutch Boy | 1.8 | 61 | Color page → |
Similar Benjamin Moore Colors
The nearest shades to Mineral Springs 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 #AED3E5 in HSL space. Pair Mineral Springs with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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