Young Boy Blue

A pale blue that still counts as a color on the wall. Vista Paint's designation for it is 7330.

LRV 62.0 - comfortably in the range that suits a whole room rather than one wall. Chroma 17.6 keeps the blue present without letting it run the room.

The blue is more noticeable under cool, daylight-balanced bulbs than under standard warm ones, which tend to mute it. A dependable choice where a room gets good natural light and a pure white would feel sterile. Behr Soft Breeze pairs well as a second surface - close enough in feel to belong in the same room, far enough in lightness to read as two distinct walls (about 26 points apart on the reflectance scale).

For anyone tied to a different brand, Benjamin Moore Little Boy Blue (2061-60) is the nearest stand-in, at a delta-E of 1.5. This color reads consistently across most finishes, so the choice can come down to durability needs rather than how it changes the color.

It is lighter than 65 percent of the Vista Paint range. Vista Paint lists it in the K codes, alongside 1,318 other colors.