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FARROW & BALL · NO. 30

Farrow & Ball Hague Blue#2C3E45 · LRV 6

Why this color. F&B's most famous deep blue; the AD/Domino dark-room benchmark.

Hague Blue reads as a blue-green / cool — very dark — reads black in most rooms. The notes below cover the spec, what Farrow & Ball No. 30 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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FARROW & BALL HAGUE BLUE
RGB 44, 62, 69 LRV 6

Color spec

Brand Farrow & Ball
Name Hague Blue
SKU No. 30
Hex #2C3E45
RGB 44, 62, 69
HSL 197°, 22%, 22%
LRV 6
Undertone blue-green / cool
Family Teal

Kompozit alternative

The closest hex in the Kompozit deck, ranked by ΔE2000 (perceptual color difference). ΔE under 2 is indistinguishable to most eyes; under 5 is a very close visual match.

KOMPOZIT
Atlantic Waves
SKU 0473 · #264243 · LRV 5
ΔE 5.89 (different)
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Closest matches at every US brand

9 brands · top 5 each

5 closest matches per brand by ΔE2000, computed against each brand's full deck. Tap any swatch for its full single-color spec; tap the brand title to browse all teal from that brand.

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.98
All teal at Behr →
N500-7
#334049
Night Club
ΔE 2.98 · LRV 5
N450-7
#334142
Astronomical
ΔE 3.59 · LRV 5
N490-7
#2F3E4A
Ink Black
ΔE 3.73 · LRV 5
N530-7
#363F41
Private Black
ΔE 3.89 · LRV 5
730F-7
#2A4042
Black Sable
ΔE 3.95 · LRV 5

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.27
All teal at Valspar →
5010-2
#293944
Pitch Cobalt
ΔE 3.27 · LRV 3.8
5011-3
#23424A
Everglade Deck
ΔE 3.89 · LRV 4.7
V105-6
#1F4049
Night Swim
ΔE 4.06 · LRV 4.5
5010-3
#2B3F40
Deep River Green
ΔE 4.11 · LRV 4.4
4009-3
#343E49
Gotham Gray
ΔE 5.03 · LRV 4.7

Benjamin Moore

3,919 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.09
All teal at Benjamin Moore →
2050-10
#303F3F
Salamander
ΔE 4.09 · LRV 5
2049-10
#284144
Pacific
ΔE 4.17 · LRV 5
2062-10
#333B44
Polo
ΔE 5.07 · LRV 4
2129-20
#383D42
Soot
ΔE 5.51 · LRV 5
CC-932
#2C3C4D
North
ΔE 6.28 · LRV 4

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.12
All teal at PPG / Glidden →
1038-7
#3B484F
Midnight Hour
ΔE 4.12 · LRV 6
14-05
#3D4645
Dark As Night
ΔE 5.89 · LRV 6
1013-7
#404149
Napoleon
ΔE 8.83 · LRV 5
FLLW36
#404149
Wright Midnight
ΔE 8.83 · LRV 5
1001-7
#414040
Black Magic
ΔE 9.21 · LRV 5

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.33
All teal at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 7623
#273E3E
Cascades
ΔE 5.33 · LRV 4
SW 2809
#303B39
Rookwood Shutter Green
ΔE 5.45 · LRV 4
SW 6244
#2F3D4C
Naval
ΔE 5.69 · LRV 4
SW 9178
#283849
In the Navy
ΔE 6.57 · LRV 4
SW 6994
#373A3A
Greenblack
ΔE 6.75 · LRV 4

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.76
All teal at Dunn-Edwards →
DEA181
#384543
Refined Green
ΔE 5.76 · LRV 6
DE6350
#3E3F41
Dark Engine
ΔE 7.66 · LRV 5
DEA187
#3B3A3A
Black
ΔE 9.08 · LRV 4
DEA185
#343B4E
Old Mill
ΔE 10.06 · LRV 4
DEA189
#343E54
Black River Falls
ΔE 10.35 · LRV 5

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.98
All teal at Magnolia Home →
JG-97
#40464B
Arches
ΔE 5.98 · LRV 6
JG-05
#31343A
Blackboard
ΔE 7.24 · LRV 3
JG-144
#48474C
Fine Black
ΔE 10.13 · LRV 6
JG-150
#3F3632
Moments
ΔE 14.95 · LRV 4
JG-102
#4B3C49
Plum Suede
ΔE 19.25 · LRV 5

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 10.03
All teal at Clare →
PNT100-DP-54
#484745
Blackish
ΔE 10.03 · LRV 6
PNT100-DP-55
#515052
Blackest
ΔE 11.43 · LRV 8
PNT100-DP-42
#545E66
Goodnight Moon
ΔE 11.98 · LRV 11
PNT100-MD-40
#41656D
Deep Dive
ΔE 13.45 · LRV 12
PNT100-DP-77
#604B56
Night Groove
ΔE 22.75 · LRV 8

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #2C3E45 in HSL space. Pair Hague Blue with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#2C3E45 + #45332C
TRIADIC
#2C3E45 · #452C3E · #3E452C
ANALOGOUS
#2C453F · #2C3E45 · #2C3245

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
11.16:1 AAA
Sample text on black
1.88:1 fail

WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.

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