Polar Lights
400 · #E8F0C3 · LRV 79 — cool green tone, very light — near-white, broadens small spaces.
- 1Softened Green49
- 2Soft Fern57
- 3Polar Lights79
- 4Neon Celery84
- 5Frosty Lime89
What Color Is Polar Lights, Really?
Polar Lights reads as a cool green tone — very light — near-white, broadens small spaces. The notes below cover how Benjamin Moore 400 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Polar Lights
Polar Lights shines on ceilings, trim and in small or low-light rooms where you need to stretch the light — and as a calm whole-home backdrop. Greens bridge indoors and out, so they suit living rooms, kitchens and sunrooms.
How Lighting Changes Polar Lights
Polar Lights is very light — LRV 79, close to white. It opens up small or dim rooms and keeps walls feeling airy. Its green 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. In north light it can read slightly cooler; a warm white trim alongside keeps it from going clinical.
Most complaints about Polar Lights 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 400 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behr | Palm Breeze420E-2 · Behr | 4.1 | 82 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Grasshopper6007-7B · Valspar | 3.0 | 80.5 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Delicate DaisyPPG1117-1 · PPG / Glidden | 1.1 | 81 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Delicate DaisyPPG1117-1 · Glidden | 1.4 | 82 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Milky Green126-2DB · Dutch Boy | 3.9 | 83 | Color page → |
| Dunn-Edwards | Envious PastelDE5576 · Dunn-Edwards | 3.9 | 77 | Color page → |
Similar Benjamin Moore Colors
The nearest shades to Polar Lights 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 #E8F0C3 in HSL space. Pair Polar Lights with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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