Soft Blue

This sits close to white on the light meter but keeps its blue undertone clearly enough to be picked out of a lineup of whites. Vista Paint lists it as Soft Blue (0651).

Light reflectance measures 59.0, which is enough to keep a room bright without bouncing light around. At chroma 13.5 the blue undertone is clear in daylight and softer under lamps.

South light flatters it. In a north-facing room it can turn cold, so sample that wall first. Holds up across a full room without the visual weight a darker or more saturated color would add. If a second wall color is wanted in the same room, Vista Paint Light Lavendar keeps the jump obvious rather than muddy (roughly 26 LRV points from this one).

By the numbers, Behr Early September (M500-2) and this color are indistinguishable - delta-E 0.43, well under what the eye can separate. A satin finish is worth it in a room that needs to be wiped down often, at the cost of showing a bit more of the wall's surface than a flat finish would.

It is lighter than 63 percent of the Vista Paint range. Vista Paint lists it in the C codes, alongside 1,421 other colors.