Blue paint colors
Top picks for blue
6 editor's picksEditor's picks + the named blue every designer roundup features. Each card links to a single-color reference or full brand guide.
More blue shades
12 variantsDrill into shade variants — modifier-specific bands (light, deep, muted) and named in-between shades each link to their own hub with cross-brand matches.
Blue at every US brand
10 brands · 5 picks each5 picks per brand spread across the LRV range, drawn from each brand's full blue lineup. Tap any swatch for its single-color spec; tap the brand title for the brand's complete deck.
Behr
Valspar
Benjamin Moore
PPG / Glidden
Dunn-Edwards
Sherwin-Williams
Magnolia Home
Farrow & Ball
Backdrop
Clare
Top Kompozit blue
67 in deckKompozit's deck has 67 colors that match the blue band. The 5 below are spread across the LRV range — pick a darkness, hit Amazon for the can.
Blue in real rooms
24 roomsCurated picks per room with cross-brand matches at every major US brand.
About blue
Blue is the most popular color for accent walls, kitchen islands, and front doors — and also the family with the widest spread, from pale dove-blues that read almost grey, to inky near-black navies, to saturated cobalts that read almost royal. Teal-leaning blues (the green-blue overlap) live next door in the Teal family.
The picks below cover the practical extremes: Hale Navy as the most-spec'd dark blue in North America, SW Naval for an even deeper, blacker take, Classic Blue as the saturated mid-tone, and pale denim and sky blues for soft rooms. Match LRV to the room: under 10 reads near-black in low light, 10–30 reads as a clear deep blue, 30+ starts to read airy.