Spring Flowers (BM 1430)
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Spring Flowers (BM 1430) is a light, cool blue from Benjamin Moore: LRV 60.7, so it reflects about 61 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Spring Flowers
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Spring Flowers by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper blue, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Benjamin Moore did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Spring Flowers, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Hyacinth Tint | SW 6968 | 60 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Lilac Bisque | 620C-2 | 61 | 0.2 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Lavender Escape | 4002-7B | 61 | 2.3 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Sweet Emily | 1245-3 | 64 | 1.7 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore blue colors nearest to Spring Flowers (LRV 60.7) by LRV.
Lighter than Spring Flowers
Darker than Spring Flowers
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1430 |
| Hex | #C5CCDF |
| RGB | 197, 204, 223 |
| HSL | 224°, 29%, 82% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 60.7 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 82.1, 1.3, -10.2 |
| Undertone | Cool Blue |
| Temperature | cool |
| Color family | Blue |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Spring Flowers (BM 1430), published as #C5CCDF
#B2C2DD
#D8D6DF
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Spring Flowers (BM 1430)?
- Spring Flowers has an LRV of 60.7. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Spring Flowers is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Spring Flowers in another brand?
- Lilac Bisque (Behr 620C-2) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.2 (indistinguishable).
- Is Spring Flowers warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Spring Flowers as cool, with a Cool Blue undertone. Its Lab b* value is -10.2; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.