Polar Lights (BM 400)
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Polar Lights (BM 400) is a light, warm green from Benjamin Moore: LRV 79.2, so it reflects about 79 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Polar Lights
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Polar Lights by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper green, 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 Polar Lights, 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 | Lime Granita | SW 6715 | 73 | 3.4 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Spirit Whisper | 420A-2 | 81.2 | 1.2 | very close |
| Valspar | Grasshopper | 6007-7B | 81 | 1.5 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Delicate Daisy | 1117-1 | 82 | 1.3 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore green colors nearest to Polar Lights (LRV 79.2) by LRV.
Lighter than Polar Lights
Darker than Polar Lights
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 400 |
| Hex | #E8F0C3 |
| RGB | 232, 240, 195 |
| HSL | 71°, 60%, 85% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 79.2 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 93.2, -10.1, 20.9 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Polar Lights (BM 400), published as #E8F0C3
#D7E5C1
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Polar Lights (BM 400)?
- Polar Lights has an LRV of 79.2. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Polar Lights is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Polar Lights in another brand?
- Spirit Whisper (Behr 420A-2) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.2 (very close).
- Is Polar Lights warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Polar Lights as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 20.9; 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.