Cross-brand match

Bowman Blue in Behr

Vista Paint 0500 translated into the Behr line

Vista Paint Bowman Blue 0500 on a wall, hex #60757A
Behr Crater Lake BXC-81 on a wall, hex #63797E

The closest Behr paint to Vista Paint Bowman Blue (0500) is Crater Lake BXC-81, a delta-E of 1.55 away — close enough to swap without anyone noticing, though a large sample in daylight will show the difference.

Crater Lake is 1 LRV points lighter, so the room will read slightly brighter. Undertone reads as teal undertone against teal undertone, at chroma 8.7 and 8.4.

Codes are not transferable between manufacturers and no brand publishes a conversion table, so every figure here is measured from the published hex values rather than taken from a chart.

NEARESTCrater LakeBXC-81
DISTANCEΔE 1.55CIE Lab
LIGHT REFLECTANCE18.0 against 17.0
HEX#63797Eagainst #60757A

Ranked matches in Behr

closest first
Behr colorΔE LRV Undertone
Crater LakeBXC-81 1.55 18.0 teal undertone Compare
Heron530F-6 3.32 17.0 blue undertone Compare
Smokey Blue540F-5 3.36 18.5 blue undertone Compare
Myth740F-5 3.44 16.0 teal cast Compare
Juniper BerriesPPU13-2 3.88 404.0 teal undertone Compare
Juniper BerriesPPU13-02 3.88 15.0 teal undertone Compare

Bowman Blue in other brands

same color, different line

Full detail on Bowman Blue