Cross-brand match

John's Blue in Benjamin Moore

Vista Paint 0617 translated into the Benjamin Moore line

Vista Paint John's Blue 0617 on a wall, hex #87A4C0
Benjamin Moore Soft Jazz 809 on a wall, hex #81A5C0

The closest Benjamin Moore paint to Vista Paint John's Blue (0617) is Soft Jazz 809, a delta-E of 2.32 away — the nearest Benjamin Moore makes, and near enough for most rooms, but it is not an exact copy.

Soft Jazz is 1.1 LRV points lighter, so the room will read slightly brighter. Undertone reads as blue against blue, at chroma 18.7 and 18.0.

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.

NEARESTSoft Jazz809
DISTANCEΔE 2.32CIE Lab
LIGHT REFLECTANCE37.1 against 36.0
HEX#81A5C0against #87A4C0

Ranked matches in Benjamin Moore

closest first
Benjamin Moore colorΔE LRV Undertone
Soft Jazz809 2.32 37.1 blue Compare
Five Dollar BillCC-812 2.32 37.1 blue Compare
Denim WashCC-770 3.65 35.2 blue Compare
CitadelCC-936 3.97 38.3 blue Compare
Harlequin Blue830 3.97 38.3 blue Compare
Steel Blue823 4.05 35.3 blue Compare

John's Blue in other brands

same color, different line

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